Hand hygiene knowledge, perception and practice of healthcare workers in a Turkish university hospital intensive care unit

Conclusions: Despite regular HH trainings, healthcare workers could not differentiate when HH was not required which suggested failure to understand HH rationale. This may explain poor HH compliance rates. A systematic study is needed in order to find out the reasons behind of this noncompliance and improve HH training methods for educating healthcare workers.
Source: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research