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Kübra Şengör1, Hatice Merve Alptekin2, Öykü Kara3

  • 1Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kütahya Health Sciences University, Germiyan Campus, Kütahya, Türkiye. kubra.sengor@ksbu.edu.tr.

BMC Surgery
|October 3, 2025
PubMed
Summary

A new Assessment Tool for Surgical Hand Washing Skills (ATSHWS) was developed and validated for nursing students. This tool offers a reliable method for assessing surgical hand washing competency, crucial for preventing infections.

Keywords:
Assessment toolNursingSurgical hand washing

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