Hand Hygiene Practices in Medical Students: A Follow-Up Study

Objective. The study was conducted to study the impact of various measures instituted to improve hand hygiene practices of the medical students after having documented poor hand hygiene awareness and compliance in a study conducted in 2012. Methods. A self-designed questionnaire based on World Healt...

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Published in:International scholarly research notices 2014, Vol.2014, p.591879-5
Main Authors: Salati, Sajad Ahmad, Al Kadi, Azzam
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Health aspects
Health behavior
Infection control
Medical students
Methods
Surveys
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Summary:Objective. The study was conducted to study the impact of various measures instituted to improve hand hygiene practices of the medical students after having documented poor hand hygiene awareness and compliance in a study conducted in 2012. Methods. A self-designed questionnaire based on World Health Organization’s concept of “Five Moments for Hand Hygiene” was used to evaluate the awareness of the indications of hand hygiene. Compliance was observed during Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) sessions. Fifty-one students participated voluntarily in the study. Results. The awareness and compliance of hand hygiene among the medical students in 2014 had shown statistically significant improvement (P
ISSN:2356-7872
2356-7872
DOI:10.1155/2014/591879