Abstract:
Hand hygiene is one of the personal hygiene components and is believed in improving health, saves lives by preventing infections and thereby guarantees good health and contributes to the social and economic development of the country. Basic hand hygiene is often neglected due to the lack of access to hand ZDVKLQJ facilities in key places. In health care facilities, access to the hand washing facilities and consistency of the hand washing practices during critical times at the point of care could vary between the type of the health care facilities, rural and urban and between the health care service providers.