![]() Methodology: In this observational descriptive study, one hundred and fifty four HCWs in five randomly selected wards of a tertiary hospital were covertly observed for compliance with five moments for hand hygiene over a period of two weeks. Objective: To determine compliance with hand hygiene among healthcare workers based on the ‘five moments’ concept. Although hand hygiene is recognized as the most effective measure for preventing the transmission of infections in healthcare settings compliance with hand hygiene among Healthcare Workers (HCWs) remains unsatisfactory. The concept stipulates that healthcare workers perform hand hygiene before touching and after touching a patient, before sterile or aseptic procedure, after touching patients’ environment and after exposure to blood or body fluids. Background: The concept of ‘Five Moments for Hand Hygiene’ described in the WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care, defines the key moments when health-care workers should perform hand hygiene in order to break the transmission of infectious organism via the hands.
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