Reduction in hospitalwide incidence of infection or colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with use of antimicrobial hand-hygiene gel and statistical process control charts.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of serial interventions on the incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

Design: Longitudinal observational study before and after interventions.

Setting: The Alfred Hospital is a 350-bed tertiary referral hospital with a 35-bed intensive care unit (ICU).