

@article {6184,
	title = {Acceptability and use of portable drinking water and hand washing stations in health care facilities and their impact on patient hygiene practices, {Western} kenya},
	journal = {PloS One},
	volume = {10},
	number = {5},
	year = {2015},
	pages = {e0126916},
	abstract = {{Many health care facilities (HCF) in developing countries lack access to reliable hand washing stations and safe drinking water. To address this problem, we installed portable, low-cost hand washing stations (HWS) and drinking water stations (DWS), and trained healthcare workers (HCW) on hand hygiene, safe drinking water, and patient education techniques at 200 rural HCFs lacking a reliable water supply in western Kenya. We performed a survey at baseline and a follow-up evaluation at 15 months to assess the impact of the intervention at a random sample of 40 HCFs and 391 households nearest to these HCFs. From baseline to follow-up, there was a statistically significant increase in the percentage of dispensaries with access to HWSs with soap (42\% vs. 77\%, p{\textless}0.01) and access to safe drinking water (6\% vs. 55\%, p{\textless}0.01). Female heads of household in the HCF catchment area exhibited statistically significant increases from baseline to follow-up in the ability to state target times for hand washing (10\% vs. 35\%, p{\textless}0.01), perform all four hand washing steps correctly (32\% vs. 43\%},
	issn = {1932-6203},
	doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0126916},
	author = {Bennett, Sarah D. and Otieno, Ronald and Ayers, Tracy L. and Odhiambo, Aloyce and Faith, Sitnah H. and Quick, Robert}
}
