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Hand hygiene compliance among health care staff and student nurses in a mental health setting.
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2009 Nov; 30(11):702-4.IM

Abstract

Hand hygiene practice among health care workers is considered to be the single most effective method of preventing nosocomial infection in hospital settings. Infection control practices in psychiatric facilities are particularly challenging as hand hygiene protocols are specific to acute care facilities, areas where hands are visibly soiled, and when procedures are completed that may involve body fluid exposure. The inability to motivate and change the hand washing practices of health care workers suggests that hand washing behaviour is complex, involving individual beliefs and attitudes and institutional commitment and rigor.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Ott M
Fanshawe College, School of Nursing, London, Ontario, N4S 7V9 Canada. mott@fanshawec.ca
French R
No affiliation info available

MeSH

Attitude of Health PersonnelBenchmarkingCross InfectionEducation, Nursing, BaccalaureateEducation, Nursing, ContinuingGuideline AdherenceHand DisinfectionHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth Services Needs and DemandHospitals, PsychiatricHumansInservice TrainingInterprofessional RelationsMotivationOrganizational CulturePersonnel, HospitalPractice Guidelines as TopicPsychiatric NursingSocializationStudents, Nursing

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

19874098

Citation

Ott, Marilyn, and Rachel French. "Hand Hygiene Compliance Among Health Care Staff and Student Nurses in a Mental Health Setting." Issues in Mental Health Nursing, vol. 30, no. 11, 2009, pp. 702-4.
Ott M, French R. Hand hygiene compliance among health care staff and student nurses in a mental health setting. Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2009;30(11):702-4.
Ott, M., & French, R. (2009). Hand hygiene compliance among health care staff and student nurses in a mental health setting. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 30(11), 702-4.
Ott M, French R. Hand Hygiene Compliance Among Health Care Staff and Student Nurses in a Mental Health Setting. Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2009;30(11):702-4. PubMed PMID: 19874098.
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