Compliance with WHO Hand Hygiene Guidelines among Healthcare Workers in a Selected University Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study

نویسندگان

1 Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health & Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2 Division of Epidemiology & Zoonoses, Department of Food Hygiene and Quality Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

3 1 Division of Epidemiology & Zoonoses, Department of Food Hygiene and Quality Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

4 Department of Public Health, Mamasani Higher Education Complex for Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

5 Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Health & Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

doi
10.22034/AHS.13.4.151
چکیده

Abstract Background & Aims: Keeping up with hand hygiene (HH) compliance is still considered the most effective, simple, and affordable strategy to reduce health care-associated infections. The existence of a uniform approach to measure the level of HH compliance in hospitals can have a great impact on the prevention and control of ...