Five-step hand hygiene programme for students
with mild intellectual disability: abridged
secondary publication
RLT Lee1, C Leung2, H Chen3, WK Tong4, PH Lee4
1 The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2 Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
3 Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health, Hong Kong
4 Hospital Authority, Hong Kong
5 Department of Health Science, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
The simplified five-step hand-washing procedure is
more effective than the World Health Organization
seven-step hand-washing procedure in terms
of improvement in hand-washing quality and
absenteeism rate in children with mild intellectual
disabilities.