Improving employee knowledge of hand hygiene guidelines may have potential for boosting compliance for the behavior, according to a study published in the October issue of the American Journal of Infection Control.
Researchers implemented a survey-based intervention designed to boost caregiver awareness of hand hygiene practices. The survey collected information from daycare caregivers about self-reported hand hygiene compliance, sociocognitive determinants of hand hygiene and their sociodemographic data.
Analysis showed guideline knowledge and perceived severity of diseases resulting from poor hand hygiene were associated with observed compliance. Knowledge, awareness and perceived importance of guidelines as well as perceived behavioral control and having children at home were associated with self-reported compliance.
The researchers suggest that increasing guideline awareness may be a useful tool for making hand hygiene compliance habitual.
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