Hand hygiene knowledge and practices of family caregivers in inpatient pediatrics

Zahradnik, S, Tsampalieros, A, Okeny-Owere, J, Webster, RJ ORCID: 0000-0002-3424-9301, Bedard, P, Seidman, G and Thampi, N (2023) Hand hygiene knowledge and practices of family caregivers in inpatient pediatrics. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 45 (2). pp. 253-256. ISSN 0899-823X

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Abstract

Family caregivers are essential inpatient pediatric care partners, yet their handwashing knowledge and compliance are rarely studied. Through hand hygiene audits and self-administered questionnaires, we observed 9% compliance, significantly lower than self-reported practice. We suggest interventions to improve caregiver handwashing behaviors to decrease infection transmission risk to hospitalized children.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Humans; Child; Caregivers; Inpatients; Hand Disinfection; Hand Hygiene; Surveys and Questionnaires; Humans; Child; Hand Hygiene; Caregivers; Inpatients; Hand Disinfection; Surveys and Questionnaires; 11 Medical and Health Sciences; Epidemiology
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Divisions:	Humanities and Social Science
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date of acceptance:	9 August 2023
Date of first compliant Open Access:	18 September 2024
Date Deposited:	18 Sep 2024 11:42
Last Modified:	04 Jul 2025 09:00
DOI or ID number:	10.1017/ice.2023.204
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/24172

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