Poor hand hygiene by college students linked to more occurrences of infectious diseases, medical visits, and absence from classes

• Published in: American journal of infection control Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 66 - 70
• Main Authors: Prater, Kayla J., Fortuna, Crystal A., McGill, Janis L., Brandeberry, Macey S., Stone, Abigail R., Lu, Xu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2016; Mosby-Year Book, Inc
• Subjects: Absenteeism; College students; Communicable Disease Control; Disease Susceptibility; Female; Hand Disinfection - methods; Hand Disinfection - standards; Hand hygiene; Hand Hygiene - methods; Hand Hygiene - standards; Hands; Handwashing education; Humans; Hygiene; Infection Control; Infectious Disease; Infectious diseases; Male; Ohio - epidemiology; Students; Surveys and Questionnaires; Universities; Ohio; College students; Infectious diseases; Handwashing education; Hand hygiene

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 campuses. This study investigated the hand hygiene statuses of college students and their occurrences in relation to infectious diseases, m...