ReviewCurrent infectious disease reports2023
Healthcare Personnel Hand Hygiene Compliance: Are We There Yet?
Review in Current infectious disease reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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15 citing papers in PubMed.
- Hand hygiene knowledge and practices among patients in selected health facilities of Mukono and Kagadi districts in Uganda: A cross-sectional study.IJID regions · 2026Article
- Hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers at a tertiary maternity hospital in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2026Article
- Enhancing hand hygiene compliance to reduce healthcare-associated infections in a coronary care unit: a quality improvement initiative in a tertiary hospital in South India.BMJ open quality · 2026Article
- Longitudinal evaluation of a multimodal hand hygiene intervention in improving healthcare worker compliance: a three-year quasi-experimental study at a cardiac specialty hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2026Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on alcohol-based hand rub consumption and hand hygiene compliance: a cross-sectional study using digital direct-observation tools in Slovakia.Infection prevention in practice · 2025Article
- Performance and Perceptions of Health Care Professionals Using an Immersive Virtual Reality Tool for Home Care Training: Observational Feasibility and Acceptability Study.JMIR serious games · 2025Article
- Improving Hand Hygiene Skills Using Virtual Reality: Quasi-Experimental Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Quick and dirty: improper glove use increases infection risk and has global consequences.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2025Article
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- Evaluation of the effects on the tensile properties of medical gloves after repeated disinfection.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Consensus-Based Guidelines for Best Practices in the Selection and Use of Examination Gloves in Healthcare Settings.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
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- Gloving in medicine: a boon for infection prevention or a hindrance?Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2025Review
- The state of hand rub dispensers in healthcare settings - a multicenter assessment in 19 German healthcare facilities.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2024Article
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Abstract
Purpose of Review: Poor hand hygiene is well documented as a factor in healthcare-associated infections and excellent rates of hand hygiene remains elusive. Recent Findings: There is increased use of universal or increased gloving to minimize hand contamination, but its use does not replace hand hygiene opportunities. There is significant interest in electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems, but they are not without their unique issues. Behavioral psychology remains a significant factor in motivating hand hygiene behaviors; even in COVID-19, hand hygiene rates initially improved but trended down back to baseline while still dealing with the pandemic. Summary: More emphasis should be placed on the how to properly perform hand hygiene and why it is so important, as well as the role of gloves, is needed. Continued investment and awareness of their status as role models from both system leadership and senior healthcare providers are needed.
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