Iranian healthcare workers' perspective on hand hygiene: A qualitative study

• Главные авторы: Mary-Louise McLaws (Автор), Saman Farahangiz (Автор), Charles J. Palenik (Автор), Mehrdad Askarian (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Elsevier, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary: Background: Hand hygiene (HH) has been identified as one of the simplest, but most important, methods to prevent cross-infection in healthcare facilities. In spite of this fact, the HH compliance rate remains low among healthcare workers (HCWs). Several factors may affect HH behavior. In th...