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Area of Science:

  • Infection Control
  • Public Health Communication
  • Digital Health Strategies

Background:

  • Hand hygiene is critical for patient safety and reducing healthcare-associated infections.
  • Effective promotion of hand hygiene programs is essential in clinical settings.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of various social media platforms in promoting a hand hygiene program.
  • To compare the reach and engagement of different digital channels for health campaigns.

Main Methods:

  • An observational study conducted in a large tertiary care hospital.
  • A 3-minute hand hygiene video in 8 languages was disseminated via YouTube.
  • Promotion utilized hospital website, email, and Facebook, with traffic analyzed by Google Analytics.

Main Results:

  • The Facebook promotion yielded a significantly higher connection rate (6.17%) compared to the hospital website (0.63%) and email (0.91%).
  • The Chinese version of the video received the most views (66.81%).
  • Hand hygiene compliance remained high and stable (83.7% to 86.7%) among healthcare workers.

Conclusions:

  • Facebook demonstrated superior efficacy in driving engagement for the hand hygiene campaign.
  • Novel social media platforms like Facebook should be integrated into future health promotion initiatives.
  • Leveraging social media can enhance the reach and impact of public health behaviors.