Original article Eun-Hwa Baek1, Se-Eun Kim1, Da-Hye Kim1, Sunjoo Kim2,3 1Infection Control Team, 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Changwon, 3Institute of Health Science Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea Corresponding to Sunjoo Kim, E-mail: sjkim8239@hanmail.net Ann Clin Microbiol 2020;23(4):173-179. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2020.23.4.2Received on 21 February 2020, Revised on 16 April 2020, Accepted on 16 April 2020, Published on 20 December 2020.Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology. Abstract Background: Multidrug- resistant organisms (MDRO) are a serious concern in healthcare-associated infections. Hand hygiene (HH) is essential to prevent the spread of MDRO in the healthcare institutes. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the incidence of MDRO and hand hygiene compliance and the experimental effectiveness of alcohol-gel hand hygiene practice. Methods: From March 2016 to September 2018, we analyzed the cross-correlation between the incidence of MDRO and the HH compliance each month at Gyeongsang National University

PDF Original article Annals of Clinical Microbiology (Ann Clin Microbiol) 2020 December, Volume 23, Issue 4, pages 173-179. https://doi.org/10.5145/ACM.2020.23.4.2 Eun-Hwa Baek1, Se-Eun Kim1, Da-Hye Kim1, Sunjoo Kim2,31Infection Control Team, 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital, Changwon, 3Institute of Health Science Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea Abstract Background: Multidrug- resistant organisms (MDRO) are a serious concern in healthcareassociated infections. Hand hygiene (HH) is essential to prevent the spread of MDRO in the healthcare institutes. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the incidence of MDRO and hand hygiene compliance and the experimental effectiveness of alcohol-gel hand hygiene practice. Methods: From March 2016 to September 2018, we analyzed the cross-correlation between the incidence of MDRO and the HH compliance each month at Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital. We employed an experiment to observe the effect of alcohol gel hand hygiene practice on the reduction of