AI Article Synopsis
- Medical students showed inadequate knowledge about when to properly perform hand disinfection before starting their clinical training.
- Despite their own lack of experience, these students believed that senior physicians and consultants would practice poor hand hygiene.
- This perception is particularly concerning as these senior doctors are typically viewed as role models for students.
Article Abstract
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 the correct indications for hand disinfection. Regardless of previous experience in hospitals, the medical students expected that the compliance towards hand hygiene would be worse in more experienced physicians and senior consultants--who are often considered to be role models for medical students.
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