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Face touching: A frequent habit that has implications for hand hygiene

Kwok, Yen Lee Angela, MBBS, MPH, MHM, PhD ; Gralton, Jan, BSc (Hons), PhD ; McLaws, Mary-Louise, DipTropPubHlth, MPHlth, PhD

American journal of infection control, 2015-02, Vol.43 (2), p.112-114 [Periódico revisado por pares]

United States: Elsevier Inc

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    Face touching: A frequent habit that has implications for hand hygiene
  • Autor: Kwok, Yen Lee Angela, MBBS, MPH, MHM, PhD ; Gralton, Jan, BSc (Hons), PhD ; McLaws, Mary-Louise, DipTropPubHlth, MPHlth, PhD
  • Assuntos: College students ; Disease transmission ; Face - microbiology ; Face touching ; Habits ; Hand Hygiene ; Hand hygiene compliance ; Hands ; Health behavior ; Humans ; Hygiene ; Infection Control ; Infectious Disease ; Medical students ; Occupational Health ; Self-inoculation ; Staphylococcus infections ; Students, Medical
  • É parte de: American journal of infection control, 2015-02, Vol.43 (2), p.112-114
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  • Descrição: Background There is limited literature on the frequency of face-touching behavior as a potential vector for the self-inoculation and transmission of Staphylococcus aureus and other common respiratory infections. Methods A behavioral observation study was undertaken involving medical students at the University of New South Wales. Their face-touching behavior was observed via videotape recording. Using standardized scoring sheets, the frequency of hand-to-face contacts with mucosal or nonmucosal areas was tallied and analyzed. Results On average, each of the 26 observed students touched their face 23 times per hour. Of all face touches, 44% (1,024/2,346) involved contact with a mucous membrane, whereas 56% (1,322/2,346) of contacts involved nonmucosal areas. Of mucous membrane touches observed, 36% (372) involved the mouth, 31% (318) involved the nose, 27% (273) involved the eyes, and 6% (61) were a combination of these regions. Conclusion Increasing medical students' awareness of their habituated face-touching behavior and improving their understanding of self-inoculation as a route of transmission may help to improve hand hygiene compliance. Hand hygiene programs aiming to improve compliance with before and after patient contact should include a message that mouth and nose touching is a common practice. Hand hygiene is therefore an essential and inexpensive preventive method to break the colonization and transmission cycle associated with self-inoculation.
  • Editor: United States: Elsevier Inc
  • Idioma: Inglês
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