[Start to collaborate with partner patients : an evidence?].

The societal, political and institutional context is today favorable for the establishment of a partnership between patient and healthgivers. Despite the tangible benefits, the perception of partners ambivalent attitudes reinforces the importance of the construction for this collaboration. This article describes this collaborative approach born out of the transformation of a bariatric surgery preparation educational program.

[A relational approach to partnership between patients and professionals : design and implementation].

To implement an institutional culture of the partnership, the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG) first studied existing collaborations between patients and professionals. The engaged professionals, their positions, and patient involvement form the structure of the relational approach. This approach relies on a foundation of consideration for others, their expertise and mutual respect.

Implementing infection prevention practices across European hospitals: an in-depth qualitative assessment.

Objective: The Prevention of Hospital Infections by Intervention and Training (PROHIBIT) project included a cluster-randomised, stepped wedge, controlled study to evaluate multiple strategies to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infection. We report an in-depth investigation of the main barriers, facilitators and contextual factors relevant to successfully implementing these strategies in European acute care hospitals.

Methods: Qualitative comparative case study in 6 of the 14 European PROHIBIT hospitals.

Enhanced performance feedback and patient participation to improve hand hygiene compliance of health-care workers in the setting of established multimodal promotion: a single-centre, cluster randomised controlled trial.

Background: Hand hygiene compliance of health-care workers remains suboptimal despite standard multimodal promotion, and evidence for the effectiveness of novel interventions is urgently needed. We aimed to assess the effect of enhanced performance feedback and patient participation on hand hygiene compliance in the setting of multimodal promotion.

Methods: We did a single-centre, cluster randomised controlled trial at University of Geneva Hospitals (Geneva, Switzerland).

Hospital-wide multidisciplinary, multimodal intervention programme to reduce central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infection.

Central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) is the major complication of central venous catheters (CVC). The aim of the study was to test the effectiveness of a hospital-wide strategy on CLABSI reduction. Between 2008 and 2011, all CVCs were observed individually and hospital-wide at a large university-affiliated, tertiary care hospital.