Open AccessThe evaluation of a multimodal hand hygiene improvement strategy in Cambodian hospitals
Author(s) -
Bomi An,
Sook Ja Yang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.13090
Subject(s) - hygiene , promotion (chess) , medicine , government (linguistics) , workforce , nursing , infection control , health care , family medicine , environmental health , intensive care medicine , political science , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , politics , law
Hand hygiene is the most effective method of preventing healthcare-associated infections. Healthcare-associated infections are considered serious in developing countries, and there are few reports on the hand-hygiene status of these countries. Thus, we evaluated hand-hygiene status in eight hospitals in Cambodia to understand and identify factors hindering effective infection control.
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