title: Hand hygiene: product preference and compliance.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Hospitals are trying to improve patient hand hygiene by providing handwashing products at the bedside. Patients' compliance with handwashing depends on their satisfaction with hygiene products but no one has looked at which products patients prefer. Research on this will help hospitals target hand hygiene more appropriately and effectively.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To explore patient satisfaction with hand hygiene products and identify those that are most popular.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred patients were given five hand hygiene products to evaluate. These represent the interventions most widely used by patients in hospitals: alcohol foams, alcohol wipes, wet cloths with antiseptic solutions, bowls of soapy water and mobile sinks.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Alcohol foam achieved the highest mean satisfaction score and was significantly more popular than the other products.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Alcohol foam was the most popular choice regardless of age, sex, dexterity, mobility and religion.
authors.affiliation: De Montfort University and University Hospitals of Leicester Trust.
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tanner
authors.forename: Neetesh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mistry
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002755:Choice Behavior; D004202:Disinfectants / Q000600:supply & distribution; D005260:Female; D006235:Hand Disinfection / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D057240:Patient Preference / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012915:Soaps / Q000600:supply & distribution
chemical_list: D004202:Disinfectants; D012915:Soaps