ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2023
Have Hand Hygiene Practices in Two Tertiary Care Hospitals, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Improved in 2023 following Operational Research in 2021?
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- Prevalence and determinants of microbiologically unconfirmed healthcare-associated infections among hospitalized patients in Western Sierra Leone, 2024: a point prevalence survey.Infection prevention in practice · 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
- Quality and efficacy of alcohol-based hand rubs used in healthcare facilities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2026Article
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- Evaluating the tolerability and acceptability of a locally produced alcohol-based handrub and hand hygiene behaviour among health workers in Sierra Leone: a longitudinal hospital-based intervention study.BMC health services research · 2024Article
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Abstract
In 2021, an operational research study in two tertiary hospitals in Freetown showed poor hand hygiene compliance. Recommended actions were taken to improve the situation. Between February-April 2023, a cross-sectional study was conducted in the same two hospitals using the World Health Organization hand hygiene tool to assess and compare hand hygiene compliance with that observed between June-August 2021. In Connaught hospital, overall hand hygiene compliance improved from 51% to 60% (
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