Study in knowledge,attitude and behavior of six-step hand-washing procedure among health professionais in the department of infections diseases
- VernacularTitle:传染科医护人员六步洗手法的知信行调查研究
- Author:
Yuanqi XIE
;
Yu WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Medical staff;
Six-step hand-washing procedure;
Knowledge,attitude and behavior
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2008;24(24):18-20
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the knowledge,attitude and behavior of six-step hand-washing procedure in the infectious department.Methods Questionnaires were used to investigate the knowledge,acceptability and compliance of six-step hand-washing procedure in the clinical workers in four class a tertiary hospitals of Guangdong province.Results 168 medical staff all knew the six-step hand-washing procedure(100%).However,the rates of acceptability and compliance varied from one occasion to another.The knowledge about hand-washing scored(4.36±2.08),(26.08±6.14)for attitude,The correlation coefficient was 0.358.Conclusions Though the importance of hand-washing has been confirmed and accepted by the medical staff,their compliance of hand-washing during work is not very optimistic.
