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Educating healthcare workers to optimal hand hygiene practices: addressing the need.
Review in Infection, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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14 citing papers in PubMed.
- Associations Between Hand Hygiene Education and Self-Reported Hand-Washing Behaviors Among Korean Adults During MERS-CoV Outbreak.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2019Trial
- Infection prevention and control practices, barriers, and associated factors among nurses in Bangladeshi hospitals.Discover public health · 2026Article
- "I Know What I Have to Do, but I Don't Do It": The Relationship Between Knowledge and Adherence to Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A Multifaceted Approach to the "Bare below the Elbow" Concept and Hand Hygiene Compliance among Healthcare Professionals-Multicenter Population-Based Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding Hand Hygiene Practices among Inpatients of Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar: A Preliminary Study.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2022Article
- Identifying interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in the intensive care unit through co-design with stakeholders.HRB open research · 2021Article
- Hand hygiene compliance and associated factors among health care providers in Central Gondar zone public primary hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2019Article
- An educational intervention to improve hand hygiene compliance in Vietnam.BMC infectious diseases · 2018Article
- Determinants of success and sustainability of the WHO multimodal hand hygiene promotion campaign, Italy, 2007-2008 and 2014.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2017Article
- Measuring readiness for and satisfaction with a hand hygiene e-learning course among healthcare workers in a paediatric oncology centre in Guatemala City.International journal of infection control · 2016Article
- Prevention at the beginning of life: cerebral hemorrhage in very preterm infants.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2013Article
- Is patient isolation the single most important measure to prevent the spread of multidrug-resistant pathogens?Virulence · 2013Review
- Turning hand hygiene into a habit: the need is obvious.Infection · 2010Article
- Staff Knowledge, Awareness, Perceptions, and Beliefs About Infection Prevention in Pediatric Long-term Care Facilities.Nursing researchArticle
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Abstract
The education of healthcare workers is essential to improve practices and is an integral part of hand hygiene promotional strategies. According to the evidence reviewed here, healthcare worker education has a positive impact on improving hand hygiene and reducing healthcare-associated infection. Detailed practical guidance on steps for the organization of education programmes in healthcare facilities and teaching-learning strategies are provided using the World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Health Care as the basis for recommendations. Several key elements for a successful educational programme are also identified. A particular emphasis is placed on concepts included in the tools developed by WHO for education, monitoring and performance feedback.
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