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Healthcare Personnel Hand Hygiene Compliance: Are We There Yet?
Purpose of ReviewPoor hand hygiene is well documented as a factor in healthcare-associated infections and excellent rates of hand hygiene remains...
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Video-based automatic hand hygiene detection for operating rooms using 3D convolutional neural networks
Hand hygiene among anesthesia personnel is important to prevent hospital-acquired infections in operating rooms; however, an efficient monitoring...
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Effect of Electronic Infrared Tap With Voice Reinforcement on Hand Hygiene Compliance of Healthcare Personnel
ObjectiveTo assess the efficacy of an electronic infrared tap with voice reinforcement to improve hand hygiene compliance among health care workers.
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Exploring determinants of hand hygiene among nursing students: A theory of planned behavior approach
BackgroundThis study aims to assess the hand hygiene behavior of nursing students and identify the factors influencing this behavior through the...
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Hand hygiene practices during meal preparation—a ranking among ten European countries
BackgroundThe aim of this paper was to map consumers’ food hygiene practices from 10 European countries and evaluate which demographic groups are...
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Interaction between overconfidence effects and training formats in nurses’ education in hand hygiene
BackgroundUndergraduate training in hand hygiene is a keystone of infection control. Several studies have shown overconfidence effects in hand...
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Factors affecting hand hygiene practice during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Zimbabwean population: a qualitative study
BackgroundPracticing hand hygiene is recommended as one of the key preventive measures for reducing the transmission of COVID-19 and other infectious...
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Patient Safety in Anesthesia: Hand Hygiene and Perioperative Infection Control
Purpose of ReviewThis review highlights the importance of the anesthesia team in minimizing perioperative infection risks and prevention of surgical...
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Improving ‘Hand-Hygiene Compliance’ among the Health Care Personnel in the Special Newborn Care Unit
ObjectivesTo improve the hand-hygiene (HH) compliance among the health care personnel from 69 to 85% by 4 mo plan-do-study-act (PDSA) cycles, based...
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A qualitative assessment of cleaning and hand hygiene practices at shelters serving people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic, Atlanta, GA – May-June, 2020
BackgroundCleaning practices and hand hygiene are important behaviors to prevent and control the spread of infectious disease, especially in...
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Nudge interventions promoting hand hygiene: a large-scale field experiment in an industrial plant
AimThis study investigated the effectiveness of nudge interventions promoting hand hygiene in an industrial plant during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A System for Computational Assessment of Hand Hygiene Techniques
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a six-step hand hygiene technique. Although multiple studies have reported that this technique yields...
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A nudge intervention to improve hand hygiene compliance in the hospital
Hand hygiene among professionals plays a crucial role in preventing healthcare‐associated infections, yet poor compliance in hospital settings...
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Effectiveness of hand-hygiene interventions in reducing illness-related absence in educational settings in high income countries: systematic review and behavioural analysis
AimControl of infection is important to prevent school absence. We aimed to review hand-hygiene interventions in high income countries aiming to...
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Compliance with hand hygiene practices among nursing staff in secondary healthcare hospitals in Kuwait
BackgroundHand hygiene (HH) among healthcare workers, especially nurses, is the main preventive measure to control healthcare associated infections...
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Assessing hand hygiene knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among Guatemalan primary school students in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
BackgroundHand hygiene (HH) is an important practice that prevents transmission of infectious diseases, such as COVID-19. However, in...
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Develo** a design-based concept to improve hand hygiene in the neonatal intensive care unit
BackgroundHand hygiene (HH) is the most critical measure in the prevention of nosocomial infections in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)....
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Facilitating hand hygiene in displacement camps during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative assessment of a novel handwashing stand and hygiene promotion package
BackgroundHandwashing with soap is critical for the prevention of diarrhoeal diseases and outbreak related diseases, including interrupting the...
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Application of the Capability, Opportunity, Motivation and Behavior (COM-B) model to identify predictors of two self-reported hand hygiene behaviors (handwashing and hand sanitizer use) to prevent COVID-19 infection among U.S. adults, Fall 2020
BackgroundHandwashing with soap and water is an important way to prevent transmission of viruses and bacteria and worldwide it is estimated...
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Students’ observations of hand hygiene adherence in 20 nursing home wards, during the COVID-19 pandemic
BackgroundHealthcare-associated infections are a major threat to patient safety, particularly vulnerable elderly living in nursing homes, who have an...