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Abstract

(1) Background: Numerous educational interventions have been conducted to improve hand hygiene (HH) compliance and effectiveness among nursing students, with mixed results. The aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of posters as a teaching tool and factors associated with HH quality. (2) Methods: A pre-post experimental intervention study was conducted with a total of 293 nursing students randomly assigned to two groups (experimental and control) who, before and after HH, took cell culture samples from their non-dominant hands. Only the experimental group was exposed to the poster. (3) Results: In the experimental group, significant differences were observed among students older than 22 years (p = 0.017; V = 0.188), with a higher percentage of failures (15.7% vs. 3.6%). Poster displaying was associated with passing, other variables being equal, although without statistical significance (ORa = 2.07; 95% CI = 0.81–5.26). Pre-practice hand contamination was weakly associated with lower HH quality (ORa = 0.99, 95% CI = 0.99–0.99). (4) Conclusions: The use of posters as a teaching method shows indications of efficacy. Prior hand contamination slightly affects the quality of HH. Further evaluation of teaching methods is needed to ensure good technical performance of HH to prevent the spread of infectious diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title
Posters as a Tool to Improve Hand Hygiene among Health Science Students: Case—Control Study
Author
Gázquez-López, María 1 ; Martínez-García, Encarnación 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Martín-Salvador, Adelina 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Álvarez-Serrano, María Adelaida 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; García-García, Inmaculada 3 ; Caparros-Gonzalez, Rafael A 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; María Ángeles Pérez-Morente 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, 51001 Ceuta, Spain; [email protected] 
 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain; [email protected] (A.M.-S.); [email protected] (I.G.-G.); [email protected] (R.A.C.-G.); Guadix High Resolution Hospital, Guadix, 18500 Granada, Spain 
 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain; [email protected] (A.M.-S.); [email protected] (I.G.-G.); [email protected] (R.A.C.-G.) 
 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain; [email protected] (A.M.-S.); [email protected] (I.G.-G.); [email protected] (R.A.C.-G.); Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs. GRANADA, 18012 Granada, Spain 
 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain; [email protected] 
First page
11123
Publication year
2021
Publication date
2021
Publisher
MDPI AG
ISSN
1661-7827
e-ISSN
1660-4601
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2596023877
Copyright
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.