Patient, staff empowerment and hand hygiene bundle improved and sustained hand hygiene in hospital wards.

Aim: We piloted a hand hygiene (HH) project in a ward, focusing on World Health Organization moments 1 and 4. Our aim was to design highly reliable interventions to achieve >90% compliance.

Methods: Baseline HH compliance was 57 and 67% for moments 1, 4, respectively, in 2015.

Obstetric outcomes of influenza A H1N1 (2009) infection in pregnancy--experience of a Singapore tertiary hospital.

Introduction: Influenza A H1N1 (2009) pandemic has affected countries worldwide including Singapore. Data on obstetric outcomes of women with H1N1 (2009) in pregnancy are lacking.

Materials And Methods: This was an observational study analysing the obstetric outcomes of pregnant women with influenza A H1N1 (2009) infection who had delivered at a viable gestation (24 weeks or more) in our centre.