Hand hygiene compliance in the ICU: a systematic review

KA Lambe, S Lydon, C Madden, A Vellinga… - Critical care …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To synthesize the literature describing compliance with World Health
Organization hand hygiene guidelines in ICUs, to evaluate the quality of extant research …

Electronic monitoring in combination with direct observation as a means to significantly improve hand hygiene compliance

JM Boyce - American journal of infection control, 2017 - Elsevier
Monitoring hand hygiene compliance among health care personnel (HCP) is an essential
element of hand hygiene promotion programs. Observation by trained auditors is considered …

Infection prevention and control compliance among exposed healthcare workers in COVID-19 treatment centers in Ghana: A descriptive cross-sectional study

ME Ashinyo, SD Dubik, V Duti, KE Amegah, A Ashinyo… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Compliance with infection prevention and control (IPC) protocols is critical in minimizing the
risk of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection among healthcare workers. However, data …

Hand hygiene compliance and associated factors among health care providers in Central Gondar zone public primary hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia

GT Engdaw, M Gebrehiwot, Z Andualem - Antimicrobial Resistance & …, 2019 - Springer
Background Poor hand hygiene compliance is one in all the leading contributory factors to
healthcare-associated infections. This is an important source of complications across the …

Protecting Indian health workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic

D Behera, D Praveen, MR Behera - Journal of family medicine …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Rapidly growing rate of infection among health workers during the current COVID-19
pandemic, is posing a serious challenge to global health systems. Lately, India is also …

Hand hygiene: nurses' adherence after training

JMGN Graveto, RIF Rebola, EA Fernandes… - Revista brasileira de …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Objective: Hand hygiene plays a key role in the prevention of healthcare-associated
infections. Therefore, this study aims to analyze nurses' adherence to hand hygiene and …

Gender differences in psychological and behavioral responses of infected and uninfected health-care workers during the early COVID-19 outbreak

Q Huang, LS Luo, YY Wang, YH Jin… - Frontiers in Public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Objective: Understanding gender differences in responses of health-care workers (HCWs) to
COVID-19 outbreak is an effective way to promote customized supports. Methods: During …

The hand hygiene compliance of student nurses during clinical placements

JS Sundal, AG Aune, E Storvig… - Journal of clinical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aims and objectives To observe student nurses' overall and moment‐specific hand hygiene
compliance during clinical placement. Background Hand hygiene is the single most …

Understanding healthcare workers self-reported practices, knowledge and attitude about hand hygiene in a medical setting in rural India

V Diwan, C Gustafsson, S Rosales Klintz, SC Joshi… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Aim To describe self-reported practices and assess knowledge and attitudes regarding hand
hygiene among healthcare workers in a rural Indian teaching hospital. Setting A rural …

Compliance with hand hygiene practices among nursing staff in secondary healthcare hospitals in Kuwait

S Al-Anazi, N Al-Dhefeery, R Al-Hjaili… - BMC Health Services …, 2022 - Springer
Background Hand hygiene (HH) among healthcare workers, especially nurses, is the main
preventive measure to control healthcare associated infections but compliance with hand …