Background: Patient safety is a priority of any healthcare system, and one of the most
effective measures is hand hygiene. For this, it is important that health staff have correct …

Background Hand hygiene competence is one of the critical outcomes in nursing education.
Ensuring nursing students recognize the what, when and how of hand hygiene is critical in …

Hand hygiene is an important component of infection control, which is critical to ensuring
patients' safety in hospitals. Nursing students are regarded as healthcare workers in training …

Aims and objectives To examine the hand hygiene beliefs and practices of Turkish nursing
students and the effectiveness of their handwashing. Background Handwashing is the most …

Background. Hand hygiene is cost‐effective and has been recognized as an effective
measure in the control of communicable diseases. The main aim of this study is to evaluate …

Background Hand hygiene is widely recognised as the most important measure a
healthcare worker can take in preventing the spread of healthcare associated infections. As …

Background Hand hygiene is the most effective and simplest infection control method but
there is a considerable amount of evidence that shows hand hygiene skills of nursing …

Objective The general objective of this research is to describe the determinant factors of
hand hygiene adherence in the inpatient ward settings. Method This research has been …

Abstract Background In Ireland, the setting for this study, the national prevalence rate of
health care-associated infection (HCAI) in acute-care facilities is 5.2%. Hand hygiene and in …

(1) Background: Numerous educational interventions have been conducted to improve hand
hygiene (HH) compliance and effectiveness among nursing students, with mixed results …