1 Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Ulm University Hospital, Germany 2 Nat. Reference Laboratory for Influenza, Robert-Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany 3 Dept. of Pneumology, Hannover University Hospital, Germany 4 Ulm University Hospital, Germany 5 Dept. of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Charité Berlin, Germany 6 Dept. of Respiratory and Infectious Diseases, Thoraxzent...

G. ZARFEL *, K. KRZIWANEK , S. JOHLER , M. HOENIGL , E. LEITNER, C. KITTINGER 1, L. MASOUD1, G. FEIERL1 AND A. J. GRISOLD1 1 Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria 2 Department of Hygiene, Microbiology and Tropical Medicine, National Reference Centre for Nosocomial Infections and Antibiotic Resistance, Elisabethinen Hospital, Lin...

Research Department, Kantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, Unidad de Investigación Médica en Inmunoquímica, Hospital de Especialidades, Mexico City, Mexico, Abteilung Virologie, Institut fur Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universitat Freiburg, D-79008 Freiburg, Germany, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, Department of Host D...

BACKGROUND Improving hand hygiene among health care workers (HCWs) is the single most effective intervention to reduce health care associated infections in hospitals. Understanding the cognitive determinants of hand hygiene decisions for HCWs with the greatest patient contact (nurses) is essential to improve compliance. The aim of this study was to explore hospital-based nurses' beliefs associa...

1Research Department, Kantonal Hospital St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland; 2Unidad de Investigación Médica en Inmunoquı́mica, Hospital de Especialidades, Mexico City, Mexico; 3Abteilung Virologie, Institut fur Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universitat Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; 4Institute of Experimental Immunology, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland; 5Department of Host Defens...

To the Editor: The major cause of hospital-acquired infections is the transmission of microorganisms from the hands of health care workers (HCWs). Even though this has been known for many years, compliance with hand hygiene procedures remains unacceptably low. Compliance rates differ among institutions and are as low 20% in some. In 2009,we conducted anobservational study atAnadolu Medical Cent...

Objective: The research aimed to analyze healthcare professionals’ “levels of COVID-19 fear and hand hygiene practice” “the correlation between practices” in a university hospital.
 Methods: population this descriptive correlational comprised 150 professionals, that is, 50 doctors 100 nurses working various units at hospital. number professionals who voluntarily took part the was 97. data ...

Engaging other health care providers in oral health-related activities and interprofessional care (IPC) could increase access to oral health care for underserved populations in the U.S. The aims of this study were to assess dental hygiene, dental, and medical students' intra- and interprofessional and oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS)/hospital dentistry-related knowledge/skills, attitudes, ...

BACKGROUND Level of knowledge regarding oral hygiene among the parents of pre-school children plays an important role on maintaining the good oral hygiene of their children. In Nepal, sufficient research has not been carried out on this area. OBJECTIVE Objective of this study is to assess the level of knowledge on oral hygiene of preschool children's parents attending pediatric outpatient dep...