Effect of Healthcare worker's professional representation of hygiene on hand hygiene practices

Edith Salès-Wuillemin (1) , Rachel Morlot (1) , Aurélie Fontaine (2) , Daniel Talon (3)

1 PSY-DREPI - Laboratoire de psychologie : dynamiques relationnelles et processus identitaires [Dijon]
2 LAPPS - Laboratoire Parisien de Psychologie Sociale
3 LCE - Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249)

Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAI) significantly affect patients, prolong hospital stays and present a major challenge for the quality of patient care. In France, around 4,500 individuals die every year from an HAI (Government Statistics, 2010). Hand hygiene studies focusing on beliefs and practices may

Domaines: Psychologie

Edith Salès-Wuillemin, Rachel Morlot, Aurélie Fontaine, Daniel Talon. Effect of Healthcare worker's professional representation of hygiene on hand hygiene practices. Leon V. Berhardt. Advances in Medicine and Biology, 35, Nova Science Publishers, In press, 978-1614704768. ⟨halshs-01857756⟩