Source avec lien : Hospital Employee Health, 42(4).
L’article se concentre sur l’importance de l’hygiène des mains dans les soins de santé pour prévenir la propagation des infections et sur les difficultés rencontrées par les travailleurs de la santé pour s’y conformer pleinement.
The article focuses on the importance of hand hygiene in healthcare to prevent the spread of infection and the difficulties healthcare workers face in achieving full compliance. Topics include the tale of Ignaz Semmelweis the Hungarian obstetrician who made the life-saving connection between unwashed hands and patient deaths, the various reasons why healthcare workers may not comply with hand hygiene, and studies that show that self-reported hand hygiene compliance by medical staff is higher.