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A national hand hygiene promotion campaign based on the World Health Organization (WHO) multimodal, Clean Care is Safer Care campaign was launched in Italy in 2007. One hundred seventy-five hospitals from 14 of 20 Italian regions participated. Data were collected using methods and tools provided by the WHO campaign, translated into Italian. Hand hygiene compliance, ward infrastructure, and healthcare workers’ knowledge and perception of healthcare-associated infections and hand hygiene were evaluated before and after campaign implementation. Compliance data from the 65 hospitals returning complete data for all implementation tools were analysed using a multilevel approach. Overall, hand hygiene compliance increased in the 65 hospitals from 40% to 63% (absolute increase: 23%, 95% confidence interval: 22–24%). A wide variation in hand hygiene compliance among wards was observed; inter-ward variability significantly decreased after campaign implementation and the level of perception was the only item associated with this. Long-term sustainability in 48 of these 65 hospitals was assessed in 2014 using the WHO Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework tool. Of the 48 hospitals, 44 scored in the advanced/intermediate categories of hand hygiene implementation progress. The median hand hygiene compliance achieved at the end of the 2007–2008 campaign appeared to be sustained in 2014.

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Determinants of success and sustainability of the WHO multimodal hand hygiene promotion campaign, Italy, 2007–2008 and 2014
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Maria+Luisa+Moro&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Moro Maria Luisa</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Filomena+Morsillo&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Morsillo Filomena</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Simona+Nascetti&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Nascetti Simona</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Mita+Parenti&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Parenti Mita</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Benedetta+Allegranzi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Allegranzi Benedetta</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Maria+Grazia+Pompa&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pompa Maria Grazia</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Didier+Pittet&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pittet Didier</a></span>. Determinants of success and sustainability of the WHO multimodal hand hygiene promotion campaign, Italy, 2007–2008 and 2014. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2017;22(23):pii=30546. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.23.30546" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.23.30546</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 30 Jun 2016;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 28 Apr 2017 </span> </p>
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