title: Assessment of the appropriateness of hand surface coverage for health care workers according to World Health Organization hand hygiene guidelines.
abstract: We monitored hand surface coverage technique in health care workers in a tertiary care hospital using a 5-item hand hygiene assessment tool based on World Health Organization guidelines. Overall hand hygiene compliance was 86.7% (4,300/4,960). Appropriate hand surface coverage was observed in only 7.9% (182/2,297) of hand hygiene procedures.
authors.affiliation: Office for Infection Control, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hee-Youn
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Office for Infection Control, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sun-Kyung
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Office for Infection Control, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Ju
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Office for Infection Control, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sun-Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kwak
authors.affiliation: Office for Infection Control, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Min-Jee
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.affiliation: Office for Infection Control, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hyang-Mi
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Mun
authors.affiliation: Office for Infection Control, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: So-Yeon
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Office for Infection Control, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hyeon-Jeong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hye-Ran
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Sim
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Mi-Na
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Office for Infection Control, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: sangho@amc.seoul.kr.
authors.forename: Sang-Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D019983:Guideline Adherence; D063373:Hand Hygiene / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D006282:Health Personnel; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers; D014944:World Health Organization
keywords: Appropriate hand surface coverage; Hand hygiene; Hand hygiene assessment; Hand surface coverage