Stakeholders’ perceptions towards patients’ participation in promoting hand hygiene among health care workers in Wakiso district, Uganda
Patients are reluctant to remind health workers to practice hand hygiene, because they feel it is confrontational and embarrassing, while health care workers find it offensive. Patient involvement seems to threaten patient-provider relationships. However patient empowerment was reported to be critical in promoting it and this is in-line with the hand hygiene guidelines.
Authors
- Esther Buregyeya
- Christine L. Moe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3628-1783)
- Rebecca Nuwematsiko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8076-362X)
- Tonny Ssekamatte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8127-6759)
- Richard K. Mugambe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2311-5436)
- Edwinah Atusingwize (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8701-5608)
- Ronald Tenywa
- Fred Twinomugisha
- Habib Yakub
Institutions
- Emory University (US)
- Makerere University (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2024-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0312604
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Infection Control in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.33