Abstract
Objective: Search in the scientific literature the adherence to hand hygiene by students and health professionals. Methods: A systematic review was carried out in the databases indexed to the Virtual Health Library (VHL) and in the Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo), using original articles published in the period from 2015 to 2020, in English and Portuguese, as inclusion criteria. Portuguese, and as exclusion criteria, duplicate articles and those unrelated to the topic. Results: This research comprises 13 articles, in which it was possible to ascertain that there are significant divergences regarding adherence to hand hygiene by students and health professionals. Conclusion: It is worth noting that students and health professionals behave differently when it comes to measures of adherence to hand hygiene, it was possible to identify that academics have a certain resistance to adhere to and practice such precautions, when compared with health professionals who have at least the level of graduation. Measures involving adequate training, training for technical execution of HM and periodic campaigns and workshops work as measures to strengthen this attitude.