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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Patient Safety
  • Infection Control

Background:

  • Hand hygiene is a cornerstone of patient safety education.
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) outlines five critical clinical moments for hand hygiene.
  • Previous research often overlooks variations in compliance across these specific moments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate variations in hand hygiene compliance among medical and nursing students across the five WHO clinical moments.
  • To identify student-reported reasons for non-compliance.
  • To inform the development of targeted educational interventions.

Main Methods:

  • A voluntary, self-administered questionnaire survey was distributed to 339 medical and nursing students.
  • Compliance was assessed for five distinct clinical moments: before patient contact, before aseptic procedures, after body fluid exposure risk, after patient contact, and after contact with patient surroundings.
  • Statistical analysis compared compliance rates between medical and nursing students and across the five moments.

Main Results:

  • Overall reported hand hygiene compliance was 83.0%.
  • Compliance rates were significantly lower for moment 1 (before touching a patient) and moment 5 (after touching patient's surroundings).
  • Nursing students demonstrated higher compliance than medical students overall and specifically at moments 2 and 3, while medical students showed better compliance at moment 4. Forgetfulness was the most cited reason for non-compliance.

Conclusions:

  • Hand hygiene compliance is not uniform across the five clinical moments, necessitating a moment-specific educational approach.
  • Educational programs should emphasize moments 1 and 5, where compliance is lowest.
  • Tailored educational strategies may be required for medical and nursing students due to observed differences in compliance patterns.