Hand hygiene.pdf

Table I.21.1:
Hand hygiene research agenda
Area
Education
and
promotion
In both developed and developing countries
Better HCW education regarding the types of
patient care activities that can result in hand
contamination and cross-transmission
Develop and implement promotion programmes
in pre-graduate courses
Study the impact of population-based education,
religion and culture on hand hygiene
behaviour
Design and conduct studies to determine if
frequent glove use should be encouraged or
discouraged
Determine the most important evidence-based
indications for hand cleansing (considering that
it might be unrealistic to expect HCWs to clean
their hands according to every indication, as
formulated in recommendations)
Assess the key determinants of hand hygiene
behaviour and promotion among the different
populations of HCWs
Develop methods to obtain top management
support
Implement and evaluate the impact of the different
components of multimodal programmes
to promote hand hygiene
Identify effective social models to promote
hand hygiene
Assess impact on hand hygiene compliance
and untoward consequences of patient involvement
in hand hygiene promotion
Assess compliance with recommendations of
surgical hand preparation
More focus on
developing countries
Studies to test the strategies
for hand hygiene
promotion in developing
countries
Cost-benefit analysis of
promotion strategies in
developing countries