Hand hygiene among neurologists attending a congress.
Hand hygiene is effective in preventing health care-associated infections, but hand hygiene compliance is low among health care workers in different hospital settings. Less is known about hand hygiene among physicians in a nonhospital setting. We evaluated handwashing behavior among 200 neurologists (100 males and 100 females) attending a world congress. Overall, 74.0% performed proper hand hygiene using soap and water, and there were significant differences between sex and handwashing behavior.
Department of Neurology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway; Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Lørenskog, Norway. Electronic address: kashif.faiz@medisin.uio.no.
Kashif Waqar
KW
Faiz
Department of Neurology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway.
Antje
A
Sundseth
Department of Neurology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway.
Marianne
M
Altmann
D001519:Behavior; D005260:Female; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010820:Physicians; D012737:Sex Factors
Hand hygiene behavior; Handwashing; Health care worker; Neurologist