American journal of infection control
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Am J Infect Control · Jun 2017
Barriers, perceptions, and adherence: Hand hygiene in the operating room and endoscopy suite.
We examined the perceptions and barriers to nonsurgical scrubbed hand hygiene in the operating room and endoscopy procedure room using 2 anonymous Likert-scale surveys. Results indicated poor role modeling, inconvenience, and the need to monitor hand hygiene and feedback data to providers because of poor self-awareness of hand hygiene practices.