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      <dc:title>Posters as a Tool to Improve Hand Hygiene among Health Science Students: Case—Control Study</dc:title>
      <dc:creator>Gázquez López, María</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Martínez García, Encarnación</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Martín Salvador, Adelina</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Alvarez Serrano, Maria Adelaida</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>García García, Inmaculada</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Caparrós González, Rafael Arcángel</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Pérez Morente, María Ángeles</dc:creator>
      <dc:subject>Hand hygiene</dc:subject>
      <dc:subject>Education</dc:subject>
      <dc:subject>Posters</dc:subject>
      <dc:subject>Nursing students</dc:subject>
      <dc:subject>CFU colony-forming units</dc:subject>
      <dc:description>(1) Background: Numerous educational interventions have been conducted to improve&#xd;
hand hygiene (HH) compliance and effectiveness among nursing students, with mixed results. The&#xd;
aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of posters as a teaching tool and factors associated with HH&#xd;
quality. (2) Methods: A pre-post experimental intervention study was conducted with a total of&#xd;
293 nursing students randomly assigned to two groups (experimental and control) who, before and&#xd;
after HH, took cell culture samples from their non-dominant hands. Only the experimental group was&#xd;
exposed to the poster. (3) Results: In the experimental group, significant differences were observed&#xd;
among students older than 22 years (p = 0.017; V = 0.188), with a higher percentage of failures (15.7%&#xd;
vs. 3.6%). Poster displaying was associated with passing, other variables being equal, although&#xd;
without statistical significance (ORa = 2.07; 95% CI = 0.81–5.26). Pre-practice hand contamination&#xd;
was weakly associated with lower HH quality (ORa = 0.99, 95% CI = 0.99–0.99). (4) Conclusions: The&#xd;
use of posters as a teaching method shows indications of efficacy. Prior hand contamination slightly&#xd;
affects the quality of HH. Further evaluation of teaching methods is needed to ensure good technical&#xd;
performance of HH to prevent the spread of infectious diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic.</dc:description>
      <dc:date>2021-11-03T12:25:48Z</dc:date>
      <dc:date>2021-11-03T12:25:48Z</dc:date>
      <dc:date>2021</dc:date>
      <dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/article</dc:type>
      <dc:identifier>Gázquez-López, M.; Martínez-García, E.; Martín-Salvador, A.; Álvarez-Serrano, M.A.; García-García, I.; Caparros-Gonzalez, R.A.; Pérez-Morente, M.Á. Posters as a Tool to Improve Hand Hygiene among Health Science Students: Case—Control Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 11123. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph182111123</dc:identifier>
      <dc:identifier>http://hdl.handle.net/10481/71261</dc:identifier>
      <dc:identifier>10.3390/ijerph182111123</dc:identifier>
      <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
      <dc:rights>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/</dc:rights>
      <dc:rights>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</dc:rights>
      <dc:rights>Atribución 3.0 España</dc:rights>
      <dc:publisher>MDPI</dc:publisher>
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