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A systematic review of hand hygiene improvement strategies: a behavioural approach

2012; BioMed Central; Volume: 7; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/1748-5908-7-92

1748-5908

Anita Huis, Theo van Achterberg, Marijn de Bruin, Richard Grol, Lisette Schoonhoven, Marlies Hulscher,

Food Safety and Hygiene

Many strategies have been designed and evaluated to address the problem of low hand hygiene (HH) compliance. Which of these strategies are most effective and how they work is still unclear. Here we describe frequently used improvement strategies and related determinants of behaviour change that prompt good HH behaviour to provide a better overview of the choice and content of such strategies.