Hospital infections and hospital hygiene at Malmö General Hospital: 2. Hygienic measures and their correlation with the incidence of infection

Juhlin, I; Ericson, Carl

doi:10.1017/s0022172400044946

J. Hyg.

1965

DOI: 10.1017/s0022172400044946

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Hospital infections and hospital hygiene at Malmö General Hospital: 2. Hygienic measures and their correlation with the incidence of infection

I Juhlin¹,

Carl Ericson²

Abstract: A hygienic programme, which has been developed and maintained during several years at a large Swedish university hospital, is presented in detail. The composition and working methods of the Infection Control Committee are described and some economic calculations given. The possible connexion between the hygienic measures and a marked decrease of the incidence of infections is discussed. This decrease did not occur until a satisfactory method for the routine hand disinfection had been introduced, using a commer… Show more

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“…Disinfection of the hands is supposed to be one of the most important ways of controlling hospital infections (7,14,22). Various antiseptics have been found to reduce the bacterial flora of the hands markedly without causing serious skin irritation.…”

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Disinfection of the Hands of Ward Personnel

Bruun

Solberg

1968

Journal of Internal Medicine

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Six preparations for hand disinfection have been compared, five hexachlorophene detergents and one quaternary ammonium compound. In preliminary experiments one of the hexachlorophene preparations and the quaternary ammonium compound were excluded from further investigations because of heavy skin‐irritating properties and poor antibacterial effect. The remaining four hexachlorophene preparations were compared using a Latin square design. Three of the preparations gave a 93.5–97.5 per cent reduction of the resident hand flora, the fourth disinfectant being significantly less effective. One of the three preparations caused greater reduction in bacterial hand flora than the other disinfectants, which on the other hand have less side‐effects. Altogether the differences between the three superior preparations were small, and the cost may therefore partly decide which is to be chosen. During treatment with hexachlorophene preparations the frequency of Staph. aureus isolations was greatly reduced, but there seemed to be no influence on gram negative organisms.

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“…However, the latter remains to be proved in practical tests. Differences in sideeffects probably also exist (7).…”

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Solberg

1968

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An outbreak of gastroenteritis due to E. coli 0142 in a neonatal nursery

Behrman¹,

Boyer

Petersen

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The Journal of Pediatrics

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Hospital infections and hospital hygiene at Malmö General Hospital: 1. The incidence of staphylococcal infections during three years

Ericson

Juhlin

1965

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The incidence of purulent staphylococcal infections at a large Swedish university hospital was followed during 3 years and has been described as an expression of the incidence of hospital infections.A marked decrease in the relative number of infections was found. The decrease was most evident among infections with ‘80/81’ strains and other antibiotic resistant hospital strains and was parallel in all the departments investigated. This is taken as an evidence for the assumption that the lowering of the amount of staphylococcal infections was brought about by a factor that was active throughout the hospital, probably some hygienic preventive measure.

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Hospital infections and hospital hygiene at Malmö General Hospital: 2. Hygienic measures and their correlation with the incidence of infection

Cited by 7 publications

References 13 publications

Disinfection of the Hands of Ward Personnel

Disinfection of the Hands of Ward Personnel

An outbreak of gastroenteritis due to E. coli 0142 in a neonatal nursery

Hospital infections and hospital hygiene at Malmö General Hospital: 1. The incidence of staphylococcal infections during three years

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