An observational study of hand washing and infection control practices by healthcare workers.
During a 6-week period, a medical student conducted an observational study of hand washing and infection control practices in a community teaching hospital. There was no difference in the prevalence of handwashing practices among the three work shifts. The prevalence of hand washing was higher in surgical (56.4%) and medical intensive-care units (39.2%) than in intermediate (30.0%) or general units (22.8%).
Watanakunakorn
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St Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown, OH 44501-1790, USA.
Wang
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Hazy
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D017575:Gloves, Protective / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D006757:Hospital Units; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D009820:Ohio / Q000453:epidemiology; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence