Abstract
Hand hygiene improvement is a crucial part of effective infection prevention and control; therefore, it is a priority for patient and health worker safety. However, hand hygiene compliance in health-care settings remains suboptimal globally. 1 Lotfinejad N Peters A Tartari E Fankhauser-Rodriguez C Pires D Pittet D Hand hygiene in health care: 20 years of ongoing advances and perspectives. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021; 21: e209-e221 Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (25) Google Scholar WHO recommends the implement action of an effective multimodal hand hygiene improvement strategy that includes five elements: system change, training and education, monitoring and feedback, reminders in the workplace and communications, and safety climate and culture change. 2 Allegranzi B Gayet-Ageron A Damani N et al. Global implementation of WHO's multimodal strategy for improvement of hand hygiene: a quasi-experimental study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2013; 13: 843-851 Summary Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (231) Google Scholar
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