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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; 45(2): 253-256, 2024 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37728055
ABSTRACT
Family caregivers are essential inpatient pediatric care partners, yet their handwashing knowledge and compliance are rarely studied. Through hand hygiene audits and self-administered questionnaires, we observed 9% compliance, significantly lower than self-reported practice. We suggest interventions to improve caregiver handwashing behaviors to decrease infection transmission risk to hospitalized children.