Knowledge, attitudes, and practices around hand drying in public bathrooms during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

Hand drying is the critical, final step of handwashing. A cross-sectional survey of U.S. adults assessed self-reported hand drying practices in public bathrooms and found increased preference for using electric hand dryers, wiping hands on clothing, and shaking hands and decreased preference for usi...

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Autores principales: Marcenac, Perrine, Kim, Sunkyung, Molinari, NoelleAngelique, Person, Margaret, Frankson, Rebekah, Berendes, David, McDonald, Christina, Yoder, Jonathan, Hill, Vincent, Garcia-Williams, Amanda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mosby 2021
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8025600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33838180
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2021.03.021
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Sumario:Hand drying is the critical, final step of handwashing. A cross-sectional survey of U.S. adults assessed self-reported hand drying practices in public bathrooms and found increased preference for using electric hand dryers, wiping hands on clothing, and shaking hands and decreased preference for using paper towels during the COVID-19 pandemic relative to before. Respondents expressed concerns about contacting SARS-CoV-2 when touching surfaces in public bathrooms which may be influencing self-reported drying method preference.

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