Table 1 Summary of results for ACH and CH
From: Effectiveness of a Ward level target accountability strategy for hand hygiene
Acute care hospital | Pre-intervention Oct 2015-Mar 2016 | Post intervention Apr 2016-Dec 2017 | p value |
Hand Hygiene Rate | 65.89 | 73.78 | < 0.00001 |
MRSA bacteremia | 0.73 | 0.06 | < 0.001 |
MRSA transmission rate per 1000 patient days | 1.13 | 1.09 | NS |
Community Hospital | Pre-intervention May 2016-Mar 2017 | Post-intervention Apr 2017-Dec 2017 | p value |
Hand Hygiene rate | 64.26 | 74.95 | 0.00005 |
MRSA bacteremia | 0 | 0.204 | NS |
MRSA transmission rate per 1000 patient days | 5.72 | 2.79 | 0.00035 |