| ABHS | Alcohol-based handrubs |
| CDC | United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CINAHL | Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature |
| CSPS | Compliance with Standard Precautions Scale |
| ECDC | European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control |
| COVID-19 | Coronavirus disease 2019 |
| EMBASE | Excerpta Medica Database |
| FIASPS-SV | Factors Influencing Adherence to Standard Precautions Scale–Student Version |
| HAI | healthcare-associated infection |
| HH | hand hygiene |
| HHQ | The Hand Hygiene Questionnaire |
| ICSQ | Infection Control Standardized Questionnaire |
| IPC | Infection Prevention and Control |
| JBI | Joanna Briggs Institute |
| LCQ-IP | Leading a Culture of Quality for Infection Prevention |
| MEDLINE | Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online |
| NS | Nursing Student |
| PEO | Population/Exposure/Outcome |
| PPE | Personal Protective Equipment |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| SARS-CoV-2 | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 |
| SPs | Standard Precautions |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WOS | Web of Science |
| 5MHH | Five Moments for Hand Hygiene |