Background Hand hygiene is the most effective measure for preventing infections related to
healthcare, and its impact on the reduction of these infections is estimated at 50%. Non …

Background: Hand hygiene is the most effective measure for preventing infections related to
healthcare, and its impact on the reduction of these infections is estimated at 50%. Non …

Healthcare-associated infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Hand hygiene is
regarded as the most effective method of prevention but is poorly performed by health …

Objective. To evaluate the effectiveness of a multimodal intervention in primary care health
professionals for improved compliance with hand hygiene practice, based on the World …

Hand hygiene is one of the fundamental measures necessary for reducing healthcare-
associated infections. The adherence of health care workers to safe hand hygiene practices …

Hand hygiene prevents cross-infection in hospitals, but compliance with recommended
instructions often is poor among healthcare workers. Although some previous interventions …

Background: Despite the importance of hand hygiene in reducing infection, healthcare
worker compliance with hand hygiene recommendations remains low. In a previous study …

Aims and objectives The rates of healthcare‐associated infections are high around the
world. Hand hygiene is considered the most effective measure to reduce the transmission of …

BACKGROUND: International authorities recommend that the hand hygiene of health care
workers be improved to prevent health care–associated infection. In 2005, Tuscany, a region …

BACKGROUND: Although hand hygiene is the most important measure in the prevention of
nosocomial infection, adherence to recommendations among health care workers (HCW) is …