Improving hand-washing performance - a crossover study of hand-washing in the orthopaedic department

Effective hand-washing is essential for reducing the spread of infection in hospitals. We aimed to evaluate hand-washing performance of hospital personnel and to determine if this could be improved by education. A total of 55 personnel working in the orthopaedic department were asked to clean their...

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Published in:Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 2006-05, Vol.88 (3), p.289-291
Main Authors: Macdonald, Duncan J M, McKillop, Elisabeth C A, Trotter, Sylvia, Gray, Jr, Alastair
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Alcohol
Antibiotics
Cross Infection - prevention & control
Cross-Over Studies
Female
Hand Disinfection - standards
Hands
Humans
Infection Control - standards
Male
Medical personnel
Nosocomial infections
Orthopaedics
Orthopedics
Performance evaluation
Personnel, Hospital - education
Physicians
Studies
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