ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2018
Comparison of Perceived and Observed Hand Hygiene Compliance in Healthcare Workers in MERS-CoV Endemic Regions.
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- Obstetric Healthcare Workers' Adherence to Hand Hygiene Recommendations during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Observations and Social-Cognitive Determinants.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2020Trial
- Assessing the improvement of healthcare workers' alcohol-based hand rub with the Pulpe'Friction audit.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2025Article
- Hand hygiene compliance and improvement interventions in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Infection prevention in practice · 2024Review
- Compliance with hand hygiene practices among nursing staff in secondary healthcare hospitals in Kuwait.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Encapsulation of MERS antigen into α-GalCer-bearing-liposomes elicits stronger effector and memory immune responses in immunocompetent and leukopenic mice.Journal of King Saud University. Science · 2022Article
- An observational study of hand hygiene compliance of surgical healthcare workers in a Nigerian teaching hospital.Journal of infection prevention · 2022Article
- Liposome-Mediated Delivery of MERS Antigen Induces Potent Humoral and Cell-Mediated Immune Response in Mice.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Patient safety culture awareness among healthcare providers in a tertiary hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Impact of burnout, secondary traumatic stress and compassion satisfaction on hand hygiene of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.Nursing open · 2021Article
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- Healthcare workers' behaviors on infection prevention and control and their determinants during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study based on the theoretical domains framework in Wuhan, China.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2021Article
- SARS-CoV-2 and Health Care Worker Protection in Low-Risk Settings: a Review of Modes of Transmission and a Novel Airborne Model Involving Inhalable Particles.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2020Review
- Patients' knowledge, awareness, and attitude regarding patient safety at a teaching hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2020Article
- COVID-19 Epidemic in the Middle Province of Northern Italy: Impact, Logistics, and Strategy in the First Line Hospital.Disaster medicine and public health preparedness · 2020Article
- A contribution for the forensic odontologist's safety in the autopsy room.The Journal of forensic odonto-stomatology · 2020Article
- Persistence of coronaviruses on inanimate surfaces and their inactivation with biocidal agents.The Journal of hospital infection · 2020Review
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Abstract
This study investigated healthcare workers' perceptions of hand hygiene practices by comparing personal reports, as assessed by questionnaires, to direct observations of the workers' hand hygiene practices. The study employed a cross-sectional research design. Observations were made using a 16-item checklist, based on three sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), World Health Organization (WHO), and Boyce and Pittet's guidelines of hand hygiene. The checklist was used for both direct-observation and self-reported data collection purposes. Pearson correlation and Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA) were utilized to statistically determine the relationship between healthcare workers' reports of hand hygiene practices and observed hand hygiene behaviors. The study was conducted in the outpatient examination rooms and emergency departments of three types of hospitals in the Eastern region of Saudi Arabia where Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is endemic and is observed in routine cases and outbreaks. The total sample size included 87 physicians and nurses recruited while on duty during the scheduled observation periods, with each healthcare worker being observed during individual medical examinations with at least three patients. No statistically significant correlations between the healthcare workers' perceptions of hand hygiene practices and healthcare workers' actual behaviors were evident. Based on the self-report questionnaires, significant differences were found between physicians' and nurses' hand hygiene practices reports. Healthcare workers clearly understand the importance of careful hand hygiene practices, but based on researchers' observations, the medical personnel failed to properly implement protocol-driven hand hygiene applications. However, the significant differences between physicians' and nurses' self-reports suggest further inquiry is needed to fully explore these discrepancies.
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