An Observational Study of Hand Washing and Infection Control Practices by Healthcare Workers
- 1 November 1998
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 19 (11) , 858-860
- https://doi.org/10.1086/647747
Abstract
During a 6-week period, a medical student conducted an observational study of hand washing and infection control practices in a community teaching hospital. There was no difference in the prevalence of handwashing practices among the three work shifts. The prevalence of hand washing was higher in surgical (56.4%) and medical intensive-care units (39.2%) than in intermediate (30.0%) or general units (22.8%).Keywords
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