The effect of training and awareness of subtle control on the frequency of hand hygiene among intensive care unit nurses.

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This study aimed to determine the effect of awareness of subtle control after training on the hand hygiene compliance among nurses in intensive care units (ICUs). The study was conducted in two ICUs of a trauma center in Shiraz, Iran on 48 nurses. The nurses of one ICU were randomly allocated to the intervention and the nurses of the other ICU were allocated to the control group. All nurses were trained on hand hygiene. Then a fake closed camera television (CCTV) was visibly installed in the intervention group's ICU, while the nurses were aware of it. The degree of compliance with hand hygiene was observed in both groups before and after the intervention. Data were gathered using a checklist based on the World Health Organization hand hygiene protocol and analyzed using S

SUBMITTER: Farmani Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6781344 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature