Background: Hand hygiene is one of the most effective ways of preventing health care–
associated infections and reducing their transmission. Owing to recent advances in sensing …

Background The hand hygiene (HH) behaviour of the general public and its effect on
illnesses are issues of growing importance. Gender is associated with HH behaviour. HH …

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Methods. The study aimed to evaluate the presence of procedures and protocols for
infection control, to assess the adhesion to the different aspects of hand hygiene (HH) and …

Background Hand hygiene is the most important intervention to prevent infection in
hospitals. Health care workers should clean their hands at least before and after contact with …

Public health measures promoting compliance of COVID-19 vaccination requires
understanding of knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP). This study explored the KAP …

Background Higher requirement is put forward in the measurement of hand hygiene (HH)
during a pandemic. This study aimed to describe HH compliance measurement and explore …

Washing hands properly and frequently is the simplest and most cost-effective interventions
to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. People are often ignorant about proper …

The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) claimed the lives of 286 Hong
Kong people in 2003. Since then, the Hong Kong government has been promoting the …

Background: Hand hygiene is a crucial and cost-effective method to prevent health care–
associated infections, and in 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued guidelines …