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- Title
Capitalizing on the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of patient and visitor hand hygiene programs in health care settings.
- Authors
Cheng, Brooke; Srigley, Jocelyn A.
- Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened public attention to the need for robust infection prevention and control (IPAC) practices. Hand hygiene (HH) is a critical and effective intervention to break the chain of infection. Current IPAC guidelines emphasize health care worker HH, but patient and visitor HH is rarely addressed despite being suboptimal. Barriers such as lack of education, misconceptions and infrastructure costs impede the success of patient and visitor HH programs. Before "COVID fatigue" reverses the recent advances in IPAC awareness, health care systems must capitalize on lessons from the pandemic to promote long-term reductions of health care-associated infections.
- Subjects
HAND care &; hygiene; COVID-19 pandemic; MEDICAL personnel; MEDICAL care; INFECTION prevention
- Publication
UBC Medical Journal, 2022, Vol 13, Issue 2, p24
- ISSN
1920-7425
- Publication type
Article