Birth attendants' hand hygiene compliance in healthcare facilities in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With an increasing number of women delivering in healthcare facilities in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs), healthcare workers' hand hygiene compliance on labour wards is pivotal to preventing infections. Currently there are no estimates of how often birth attendants comply with hand hygiene, or of the factors influencing compliance in healthcare facilities in LMICs.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review to investigate the a) level of compliance, b) determinants of compliance and c) interventions to improve hand hygiene during labour and delivery among birth attendants in healthcare facilities of LMICs. We also aimed to assess the quality of the included studies and to report the intra-cluster correlation for studies conducted in multiple facilities.

SUBMITTER: Gon G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7713338 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature