An observational study was conducted to evaluate hygiene habits of students with fields of
study, gender, and understanding of hygiene at a university in Alabama. One hundred …

BACKGROUND: Upper respiratory tract infections and gastrointestinal tract infections are
the cause of a significant level of illness on college campuses. However, preventative …

Background Proper hand hygiene has been linked to lower susceptibility to infectious
diseases in many types of communities, but it has not been well established on college …

Background: Hand hygiene is of paramount importance for the prevention of healthcare
associated infections and the spread of antimicrobial resistance. There is a need to explore …

BACKGROUND: Poor hand hygiene on college campuses can be improved by promoting
handwashing behavior. This observational study was conducted to evaluate gender and …

Handwashing has been recognized as a critical factor in infection control policies. Whereas
handwashing compliance among health care workers and school-aged students has been …

Background. Hand hygiene is a cost-effective method in preventing infection transmission.
Hand hygiene practices have been found to be faulty in most healthcare settings. We …

Medical students were asked regarding knowledge and beliefs on hand hygiene before
entering the clinical phase of education. By this, we noticed a lack of knowledge concerning …

We describe handwashing practices, the association of handwashing with upper respiratory
and gastrointestinal symptoms, and the effects of gender on handwashing practices among …

Results: Findings indicate that although participants in this current study had high levels of
knowledge, attitude and practices of hand hygiene, there were gaps in their knowledge …