American journal of infection control
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Am J Infect Control · Sep 2018
Multicenter StudyGuiding hand hygiene interventions among future healthcare workers: implications of knowledge, attitudes, and social influences.
Medical students in their clinical years play an important role in healthcare delivery, yet poor levels of hand hygiene (HH) compliance in this population raise the risk for propagating nosocomial infections. To date, there has been a lack of dedicated interventions showing sustainable improvements in HH in this population. ⋯ Our results call for a multifaceted approach to improve HH compliance among medical students, by ensuring adequate HH supplies/hand sanitizers, providing HH training in curricula, and effecting a cultural change mediated by professional modeling and open communication.