title: Hygienic hand washing among nursing students in Turkey.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the application status of hand-washing information given within the context of infection control measures in practice areas among nursing students. This descriptive study was conducted with 430 students. A questionnaire was filled out by the students. In the statistical analysis, frequency, percentage, and chi(2) values were measured for all the questions in the hand-washing questionnaire. We determined that students wash their hands before and after each clinical procedure at a rate of 80.2%. Most of the students (71.9%) reported that they wash their hands for 1 minute or longer. The students' answers showed that the nursing education program, including hand-washing applications within the context of infection control measures, is updated but that the students neither practice what they have learned nor give adequate attention to the subject.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Nursing, Zonguldak School of Nursing, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, 67100 Zonguldak, Turkey. sevimak@superonline.com
authors.forename: Sevim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Celik
authors.forename: Sema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koçaşli
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006235:Hand Disinfection / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013338:Students, Nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult