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How good is your hand hygiene?
Author(s) -
Gregory Sue
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inpract.27.4.178
Subject(s) - hygiene , medicine , nursing , veterinary medicine , compliance (psychology) , medical education , psychology , pathology , social psychology
BEYOND surgical scrubbing, hand hygiene has traditionally received only cursory attention in undergraduate veterinary teaching and veterinary nursing education, and experience suggests that it is an often neglected priority in day‐to‐day veterinary practice. This article highlights the importance of good hand hygiene in the veterinary environment and discusses why, how and when it should be practised. Strategies to help improve compliance among staff are also discussed.