conclusions concerning hand hygiene, the residents had moderate knowledge but overall poor attitudes and practices. the present study underscores the need for further improvement in the existing training programs to address the gaps in kap regarding hand hygiene. patients and methods this cross-sectional kap study was conducted among medical residents in imam hossein hospital, iran, 2013. all m...

Persons experiencing homelessness in the United States experience significant barriers to self-care and personal hygiene, including limited access to clean showers, laundry and hand washing facilities. While the obstacles to personal hygiene associated with homelessness may increase risk of infectious disease, hygiene-related behaviors among people experiencing homelessness has received limited...

The prevalence of distance education is steadily increasing in institutions of higher education in the United States and abroad. Colleges and universities are seeking new avenues to deliver curricula to students in remote areas and/or to nontraditional students. Distance education is a relatively new venture for dental hygiene education. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence...

PURPOSE Although hand hygiene is seen as the most important method to prevent the transmission of hospital associated infection in the UK, hand hygiene compliance rates appear to remain poor. This research aims to assess the degree to which social marketing methodology can be adopted by a particular organisation to promote hand hygiene compliance. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH The research desi...

Monitoring hand hygiene compliance and providing healthcare workers with feedback regarding their performance are considered integral parts of a successful hand hygiene promotion program. Direct observation of care providers by trained personnel is currently considered the gold standard. Advantages include the ability to determine if hand hygiene is being performed at the correct times, establi...

Although the introduction of alcohol based products have increased compliance with hand hygiene in intensive care units (ICU), no comparative studies with other products in the same unit and in the same period have been conducted. We performed a two-month-observational prospective study comparing three units in an adult ICU, according to hand hygiene practices (chlorhexidine alone-unit A, both ...

Problems of the environment and of domestic hygiene are always related to poverty of population and the sanitation of settlements. Most cities and towns in developing countries, like India, are characterised by over-crowding, congestion, inadequate water supply and inadequate facilities of disposal of human excreta, waste water and solid wastes. Inadequacy of housing for most urban poor invaria...

BACKGROUND Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are common and harmful to patients. Effective hand hygiene can help prevent HAIs, however, suboptimal healthcare worker hand hygiene remains problematic across the globe. This study analyses the impact of organisational changes on hand hygiene. METHODS This observational study assessed hand hygiene by different professions before and after a ...

background and purpose: hydatidosis is one of the most important zoonoses in the world that have public health and economic perspectives. the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of hydatid cysts in slaughtered animals in the industrial slaughterhouse of khomein, markazi province (2007-2011(. materials & methods: in this study was invistigated 28760 head of animals, including 128...

background and purpose: hand hygiene is a low-cost، convenient measure recommended to all health care providers to prevent nosocomial infections. health care staff commonly neglect the importance of hand washing at workplace. this study aimed to evaluate the effect of involuntary motivational factors on hand hygiene compliance byhealth care providers. methods: this descriptive analytical study ...