Clinical Effectiveness of a 3-Step Versus a 6-Step Hand Hygiene Technique: A Randomized Controlled Cross-over Study
The 3-HT was significantly superior to the 6-HT in terms of the HH eligibility rate, compliance, and HH time. The safety and feasibility of the 3-HT were verified by assessing microorganism count.
Authors
- Wenwen Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7465-6606)
- Yibin Tan
- Lingling Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8787-1284)
- Nuo Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0886-4825)
- Wenbin He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9009-5856)
- Cheng Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3471-6221)
- Xiaohong Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9797-8384)
- Bilong Feng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8230-526X)
- Yan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9909-1675)
- Fu Qiao
- Weilong Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5998-2045)
- Xiaolin Cheng
- Ying Wang
Institutions
- Hubei University of Medicine (CN)
- Sichuan University (CN)
- Wuhan University (CN)
- West China Hospital of Sichuan University (CN)
- Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital (CN)
- China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation (China) (CN)
- Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University (CN)
- Dongfeng General Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae534
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Infection Control in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.56
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Wuhan University
- Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University