Missed opportunities for hand hygiene at the patient's bedside: a pilot descriptive study

We read with interest Harun et al.'s study on hand hygiene practice among healthcare workers (HCWs) in selected tertiary hospitals in Bangladesh [1]. Under study conditions, hand Health Organization (WHO) multi-modal HH implementation compliance, and reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and the spread of bacteria resistant to antimicrobials, challenges to its uptake remain [3-6]. As part of a programme of research (the ASPIRES study), we Town, South Africa and Kerala, India. Researchers used the