Overall hand hygiene compliance (HHC) before and during implementation of a hand hygiene campaign increased significantly from 47.6 % (1994) to 66.2 % (1997) and the prevalence of HAI decreased from 16.9 % (1994) to 9.9 % (1998).
Improving hand hygiene compliance (HHC) was shown to coincide with a reduction of healthcare associated infections by 41 %.