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See one, do one, teach one: Hand hygiene attitudes among medical students, interns, and faculty
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See one, do one, teach one: Hand hygiene attitudes among medical students, interns, and faculty

Marc A Polacco, Laura Shinkunas, Eli N Perencevich, Lauris C Kaldjian and Heather Schacht Reisinger
AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control, Vol.43(2), pp.159-161
01/27/2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.10.025
PMID: 25637116

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Abstract

An anonymous, online survey of medical students, interns, and faculty at a university hospital was conducted in 2013 to examine self-reported adherence to hand hygiene opportunities. Variation in self-reported adherence ranged from frequencies of 60%-100%. Such variation suggests the need to direct education toward hand hygiene opportunities with lower reported rates of adherence, especially toward those opportunities that are difficult to monitor.
Hand hygiene Academic training Attitudes Infection control medical students hand washing hand disinfection residents

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