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Öğe Student nurses’ hand hygiene beliefs and practices(2019) Alcan, Aliye Okgün; Dolgun, EdaIntroduction: Hand hygiene is the most cost-effective and easy implemented measure to prevent healthcare-associatedinfections. Determining beliefs and practices regarding hand hygiene is highly important in order to improve compliance.However, studies regarding Turkish student nurses’ beliefs and practices about hand hygiene are lacking. Thus, this studywas performed to determine hand hygiene belief and practices among student nurses. Method: The sample of this descriptivestudy consisted of 462 student nurses from a faculty of nursing. Data were collected via a self-reported hand hygienequestionnaire which determines hand hygiene compliance, beliefs and practices. The hand hygiene beliefs, and practices ofstudent nurses’ were determined with the hand hygiene belief scale and the hand hygiene practices inventory. Findings: Ofthe 462 respondents, 108 (23.4%) enrolled the second year, 142 (30.7%) enrolled the third year and 212 (45.9%) enrolled inthe fourth year. The average self-reported hand hygiene compliance rate was 84.42±12.64 among student nurses. The studentnurses’ average hand hygiene practice inventory and hand hygiene belief scores were 65.90±5.54 and 85.04±8.20respectively. The student nurses reported the lowest compliance rates under the following conditions: before patient contact(4.35±0.88), before entering an isolation room (4.44±0.88) and before caring for a wound (4.55±0.74). Results: It wasdetermined that the student nurses reported a high hand hygiene compliance rate. In addition, they showed positive beliefstowards hand hygiene and demonstrated good practices regarding hand hygiene.