Hand hygiene among neurologists attending a congress

Kashif Waqar Faiz; Antje Sundseth; Marianne Altmann

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2013.10.013

Hand hygiene among neurologists attending a congress

Am J Infect Control. 2014 Feb;42(2):e27-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.10.013.

Authors

Kashif Waqar Faiz¹, Antje Sundseth², Marianne Altmann²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway; Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Lørenskog, Norway. Electronic address: kashif.faiz@medisin.uio.no.
² Department of Neurology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway.

PMID: 24485383
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.10.013

Abstract

Hand hygiene is effective in preventing health care-associated infections, but hand hygiene compliance is low among health care workers in different hospital settings. Less is known about hand hygiene among physicians in a nonhospital setting. We evaluated handwashing behavior among 200 neurologists (100 males and 100 females) attending a world congress. Overall, 74.0% performed proper hand hygiene using soap and water, and there were significant differences between sex and handwashing behavior.

Keywords: Hand hygiene behavior; Handwashing; Health care worker; Neurologist.

Publication types

Observational Study

MeSH terms

Behavior*
Female
Hand Disinfection*
Humans
Male
Physicians*
Sex Factors