Hand hygiene: simple and complex

摘要: This review gives an overview of hand hygiene in healthcare and the community, including some aspects which have attracted little attention, such as drying cultural issues determining behaviour. Hand is most effective measure for interrupting transmission microorganisms cause infection both community setting. Using a sole to reduce unlikely be successful when other factors control, environmental hygiene, crowding, staffing levels education are inadequate. must part integrated approach control. Compliance with recommendations poor worldwide. While techniques involved simple, complex interdependence determine behaviour makes study complex. It now recognised that improving compliance depends on altering human Input from behavioural social sciences essential designing studies investigate compliance. Interventions increase practices appropriate different needs. New strategies promote worldwide include formation public-private partnerships.