Systematic review of hand hygiene strategies

"A systematic review of hand hygiene improvement strategies: a behavioural approach", by Huis et al, has just been published in Implementation Science.  Available on open access as a provisional pdf, the review looked at behaviour change techniques for hand hygiene categorised by determinant.  For example, increasing memory, or the understanding of information related to a 'knowledge' determinant, and providing opportunities for social comparison related to 'social influence'. The authors reviewed 41 studies and found that the most successful improvement strategies addressed combinations of different determinants such as knowledge, awareness, action control, social influence and facilitation.  One or two determinants addressed in the strategy is not enough to change hand hygiene behaviour.  

Implementation Science 2012, 7:92 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-7-92