A Crossover Randomized Controlled Trial of Priming Interventions to Increase Hand Hygiene at Ward Entrances

• Main Authors: Kelly Ann Schmidtke (Author), Navneet Aujla (Author), Tom Marshall (Author), Abid Hussain (Author), Gerard P. Hodgkinson (Author), Kristopher L. Arheart (Author), David J. Birnbach (Author), Laura Kudrna (Author), Ivo Vlaev (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundResearch conducted in the United States suggests that two primes (citrus smells and pictures of a person's eyes) can increase hand gel dispenser use on the day they are introduced in hospital. The current study, conducted at a hospital in the United Kingdom, evaluated the effectivenes...