Background Improving hand hygiene (HH) compliance is one of the most important, but
elusive, goals of infection control. The purpose of this study was to use the capability (C) …

Background: Although appropriate hand hygiene (HH) practices are recognised as the most
effective preventative strategy for infection, adherence is suboptimal. Previous studies in …

Background Although the hand hygiene (HH) procedure is simple, the related behaviour is
complex and is not readily understood, explained or changed. There is a need for practical …

Background Hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers (HCWs) in intensive care
units (ICUs) is disconcertingly low. Aim To identify the effective intervention (s) for increasing …

Background Traditionally, hand hygiene (HH) interventions do not identify the observed
healthcare workers (HWCs) and therefore, reflect HH compliance only at population level …

Aim Hand hygiene (HH) is an essential component in preventing healthcare associated
infections. The purpose of this study was to evaluate HH compliance among health care …

OBJECTIVETo evaluate behavioral-based interventions to improve hand hygiene (HH)
among healthcare workers (HCWs) at a Thai tertiary care center. METHODSA quasi …

Background Healthcare-associated infections (HCAI) are still a major problem especially in
most intensive care units (ICU). Incompliance by clinical staff with hand hygiene (HH) …

Background Research applying psychological behaviour change theories to hand hygiene
compliance is scarce, especially for physicians. Aim To identify psychosocial determinants of …

Objectives To explore perceptions and unconscious psychological processes underlying
handwashing behaviours of intensive care nurses, to implement organisational innovations …