wai khuan ng - Infectious Diseases

Author Information

Wai Khuan Ng is affiliated with the Nursing Division at Mafraq Hospital in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Additionally, she holds an academic position at the Faculty of Medicine and Health, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery & Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity at the University of Sydney, NSW, Australia. Her work primarily involves infectious diseases with a focus on improving healthcare practices such as hand hygiene.

Research Contributions

Wai Khuan Ng has made significant contributions to the field of healthcare-associated infections, with a particular emphasis on hand hygiene practices among healthcare workers. Her research often explores the cultural, religious, and behavioral determinants affecting hand hygiene compliance. Notably, her work includes developing and validating questionnaires to assess hand hygiene beliefs and implementing interventions to enhance compliance, particularly in the context of the United Arab Emirates. Additionally, she has contributed to performance improvement initiatives aimed at preventing surgical site infections and enhancing environmental cleaning in healthcare settings.

Aliases

There are no recorded aliases for Wai Khuan Ng.

Publication and Citation Metrics

Metric	Value
Total Papers	6
Total Citations	41
H-index	4

Publications:

Behavioural determinants of hand hygiene: Cultural and religious factors influencing hand hygiene compliance among Muslim healthcare workers in the United Arab Emirates

DOI:

Year: 2020

The effect of a hand hygiene program featuring tailored religion-relevant interventions on healthcare workers' hand rubbing compliance and beliefs in the United Arab Emirates: A cohort study.

DOI: 10.1016/j.idh.2019.01.002

Year: 2019

Hand hygiene beliefs and behaviours about alcohol-based hand rub use: Questionnaire development, piloting and validation.

DOI: 10.1016/j.idh.2019.10.001

Year: 2019

Healthcare professionals’ hand hygiene knowledge and beliefs in the United Arab Emirates

DOI: 10.1177/1757177416677851

Year: 2017

Performance improvement initiative: prevention of surgical site infection (SSI)

DOI: 10.1136/bmjquality.u205401.w3279

Year: 2015

How clean is clean: a new approach to assess and enhance environmental cleaning and disinfection in an acute tertiary care facility

DOI: 10.1136/bmjquality.u205401.w2483

Year: 2014

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