Using an ultraviolet cabinet improves compliance with the World Health Organization’s hand hygiene recommendations by undergraduate medical students: a randomized controlled trial

Using an ultraviolet cabinet improves compliance with the World Health Organization’s hand hygiene recommendations by undergraduate medical students: a randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Appropriate hand hygiene (HH) is key to reducing healthcare-acquired infections. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends education and training to improve HH knowledge and compliance. Physicians are ranked among the worst of all healthcare workers for compliant handrubbing...

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Main Authors: Sandrine Dray, Samuel Lehingue, Sabine Valera, Philippe Nouguier, Michel Salah Boussen, Florence Daviet, Delphine Bastian, Estelle Pilarczik, Isabelle Jousset, Sébastien Le Floch, Georgette Grech, Georges Leonetti, Laurent Papazian, Nadim Cassir, Jean-Marie Forel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Subjects:
Hand hygiene
Education
Infection prevention
Alcohol-based handrubs
Ultraviolet-cabinets
Medical student
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-020-00808-4

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