Abstract
Hand hygiene (HH) compliance reduces the incidence of nosocomial infection, however, little research has been conducted on factors that influence healthcare students’ HH practices. The study aims were to examine the relationships between healthcare students' HH knowledge, beliefs and practices, the ways they were educated and assessed on HH, and their perceptions of the importance given to HH in the curriculum.
Highlights
compliance reduces the incidence of nosocomial infection
little research has been conducted on factors that influence healthcare students' Hand hygiene (HH) practices
The study aims were to examine the relationships between healthcare students' HH knowledge
Summary
TF Van De Mortel1*, E Apostolopoulou, G Petrikkos, E Hedberg, B Edlund, H Wijk. From International Conference on Prevention & Infection Control (ICPIC 2011) Geneva, Switzerland. Introduction / objectives Hand hygiene (HH) compliance reduces the incidence of nosocomial infection, little research has been conducted on factors that influence healthcare students’ HH practices. The study aims were to examine the relationships between healthcare students’ HH knowledge, beliefs and practices, the ways they were educated and assessed on HH, and their perceptions of the importance given to HH in the curriculum. HH knowledge and practices, students’ beliefs about HH had a greater impact on their HH practice than their HH knowledge did. Encouraging more positive HH beliefs may be a more effective way of improving HH practice.
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