The theme of the WHO World Hand Hygiene Day 2025 is ‘it might be gloves. It’s always hand hygiene’ – a particularly fitting theme for our open access journal, Infection Prevention in Practice (IPIP), which has become a home for novel research into the varied aspects of hand hygiene. 

In the collection below, editors present work on how our knowledge, practices and attitudes impact our commitment to hand hygiene practices,  on the challenges of maintaining good hand hygiene in a war zone, on the content of hand disinfectants and their effectiveness against different pathogens, and much more. The collection is tied together by a perspective on hand hygiene from the editorial team. 

The IPIP editorial team encourage submissions on novels aspects of hand hygiene, and are delighted to share this collection of recent work on hand hygiene, freely available for all to read and download.

World Hand Hygiene Day 2025: A perspective from the Infection Prevention in Practice Editors
Siobhain Kelly, Gemma Winzor and Simon Ching Lam

Feasibility of hand disinfection in paediatric advanced life support (PALS): A simulation study
Bentele et al. IPIP. 7:1, 2025

A 4-year outbreak of MRSA ST72-MRSA-IV spa type t1597 in a surgical high dependency unit in Ireland linked to repeated healthcare worker recolonisation 
Brady et al. IPIP. 7:1, 2025

Implementation of the Hand hygiene self-assessment framework in a primary healthcare Centre in Saudi Arabia: A follow-up study 
Alharbi et al. IPIP. 7:1, 2025

Effect of the implementation of infection prevention measures by an infection prevention link physician in trauma and orthopaedic surgery on hygiene-relevant processes and nosocomial infections 
Neuwirth et al. IPIP. 6:4, 2024

Knowledge, attitudes and practices on prevention and control of high-consequence infectious diseases and critical care among intensive care personnel in Rwanda: a cross-sectional survey 
Schneider et al. IPIP. 6:4, 2024

Hand hygiene knowledge among nurses and nursing students–a descriptive cross-sectional comparative survey using the WHO's “Hand Hygiene Knowledge Questionnaire” 
Blomgren et al. IPIP. 6:2, 2024

Hand hygiene compliance and improvement interventions in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a systematic review and meta-analysis 
Bajunaid et al. IPIP. 6:2, 2024

Workflows and locations matter – insights from electronic hand hygiene monitoring into the use of hand rub dispensers across diverse hospital wards 
Senges et al. IPIP. 6:2, 2024

Hand hygiene knowledge, attitude, and practice before, during and post COVID-19: a cross-sectional study among university students in the United Arab Emirates 
Mohamed et al. IPIP. 6:2, 2024

Hand hygiene perceptions, preferences, and practices among hospital staff in the Dominican Republic in the context of COVID-19: a qualitative study 
Craig et al. IPIP. 6:2, 2024

Water, sanitation, hygiene, and waste management in primary healthcare facilities in war-torn Tigray, Ethiopia: implications for infection prevention and control 
Awealom Asgedom & Hailu Redae. IPIP. 6:4, 2024

Inactivation kinetics of benzalkonium chloride and ethanol-based hand sanitizers against a betacoronavirus and an alphacoronavirus 
Herdt & Ikner. IPIP. 5:3, 2023

Effects of data-driven feedback on nurses' and physicians' hand hygiene in hospitals – a non-resource-intensive intervention in real-life clinical practice 
Iversen et al. IPIP. 5:4, 2023