Do task and item difficulty affect overestimation of one’s hand hygiene compliance? A cross-sectional survey of physicians and nurses in surgical clinics of six hospitals in Germany

Abstract Background One barrier to hand hygiene compliance is overestimation of one’s own performance. Overconfidence research shows that overestimation tends to be higher for difficult tasks, which suggests that the magnitude of overestimation also depends on how it is assessed. Thus, we tested the...

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Main Authors: Jonas Lamping, Ivonne Tomsic, Maike Stolz, Christian Krauth, Iris F. Chaberny, Thomas von Lengerke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-12-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-022-01188-7