ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Adherence to Hand Hygiene among Nurses and Clinicians at Chiradzulu District Hospital, Southern Malawi.
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- The Paradox of Healthcare in the 'Superbugs' Era: Current Challenges and Future Directions.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- "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
- Hand hygiene practice compliance among healthcare workers in a tertiary healthcare hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Developing an infection prevention and control intervention to reduce hospital-acquired infections in Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic: the HAI-PC study protocol.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- A qualitative study exploring hand hygiene practices in a neonatal unit in Blantyre, Malawi: implications for controlling healthcare-associated infections.Wellcome open research · 2022Article
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Abstract
Healthcare associated infections (HAIs) are a burden in many countries especially low-income countries due to poor hand hygiene practices in the healthcare settings. Proper hand hygiene in the healthcare setting is an effective way of preventing and reducing HAIs, and is an integral component of infection prevention and control. The objective of this study was to determine adherence to hand hygiene guidelines and associated factors among nurses and clinicians. A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted at Chiradzulu District Hospital (Malawi) where stratified random sampling was used to obtain the sample of 75 nurses and clinicians. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires (
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