Are emojis ready to promote the WHO 5 moments for hand hygiene in healthcare?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hand hygiene is universally recognized as a cornerstone measure for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections. Although the WHO "My five Moments for hand hygiene" poster has been used for more than a decade to delineate hand hygiene indications and promote action, adherence levels among healthcare workers are still notoriously low and disquieting. To compensate for the lack of effective hand hygiene communication, we aimed to evaluate emojis as possible surrogates for the non-verbal aspects of hand hygiene behaviour.

Methods

Following a thorough review of the Unicode version 12.0, the most applicable emojis to the terms used in the WHO 5 Moments poster were extracted. We developed a self-administered questionnaire to assess the view of infection preventio

SUBMITTER: Lotfinejad N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9607812 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature