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

Author(s) -

Sajad Ahmad Salati,

Azzam Al Kadi

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

international scholarly research notices

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2356-7872

DOI - 10.1155/2014/591879

Subject(s) - hygiene , medicine , intervention (counseling) , compliance (psychology) , family medicine , medical education , nursing , psychology , social psychology , pathology

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 < 0.005) as compared to figures of the study conducted in 2012. Conclusion . Dedicated multifaceted intervention can improve the hand hygiene practices in medical students.

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