A systematic review of hand hygiene improvement strategies: a behavioural approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many strategies have been designed and evaluated to address the problem of low hand hygiene (HH) compliance. Which of these strategies are most effective and how they work is still unclear. Here we describe frequently used improvement strategies and related determinants of behaviour change that prompt good HH behaviour to provide a better overview of the choice and content of such strategies.

Methods

Systematic searches of experimental and quasi-experimental research on HH improvement strategies were conducted in Medline, Embase, CINAHL, and Cochrane databases from January 2000 to November 2009. First, we extracted the study characteristics using the EPOC Data Collection Checklist, including study objectives, setting, study design, target population, outcome measu

SUBMITTER: Huis A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3517511 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature