Assessment of hand hygiene procedures during the pre- and post-pandemic period: a pre-post study

Background: hospital infections affect about 6% of hospitalised patients in Europe; the hands healthcare workers, who are front-line staff and frequently exposed to infected contaminated surfaces, primary source microbial transmission. Thus, hand washing procedures essential lowering risk occupational exposure infectious diseases, hospital-acquired infections, micro-organism cross-transmission. The aim this study was see if COVID-19 pandemic had any effect on hand-washing adherence rates by conducting a pre-post wave from pre-pandemic year 2019 post-pandemic years 2020/2022. Methods: an observational, retrospective, single-center study. considers hygiene observations all personnel employed as 2019, during period, three following outbreak 2020 2022, period specific hydroalcoholic gel consumption. will use “Hand Hygiene Observation Form”, evaluate best practices. Conclusions: dedicated facility that promotes application recommended behavior ongoing improvement training initiatives, is crucial ensure improve compliance workers.