High Levels of Hand-Hygiene Compliance Are a Worthwhile Pursuit

Prevention is better than cure: The role of infection prevention in the control of antimicrobial resistance

“…When considering the routes of transmission from person to person, a number of interventions are possible, from advanced source control (Apisarnthanarak et al, 2014), through environmental hygiene (Anderson et al, 2017) to hand hygiene (Sickbert-Bennett et al, 2017). There are interventions at each point in the transmission journey, yet the evidence is that these are not reliably implemented (Anderson et al, 2011; Mitchell et al, 2015) leading to continuing risks to patients.…”