Implementation of WHO multimodal hand hygiene improvement strategy to improve hand hygiene of health care workers

VernacularTitle:WHO“多模式手卫生促进策略”对医护人员手卫生依从性影响
Author: Xiang ZHANG ; Weihong ZHANG ; Rongbin YU ; Wensen CHEN ; Bo LIU ; Suming ZHANG ; Ping XU ; Songqin LI ; Huifen LI
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: hand hygiene; compliance; healthcare-associated infection; World Health Organization; multimodal hand hygiene improvement strategy; intervention
From: Chinese Journal of Infection Control 2014;(12):757-759
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To realize the effect of WHO multimodal hand hygiene improvement strategy (MHHIS)on improving hand hygiene compliance of health care workers(HCWs).Methods From June to December 2012,HCWs in a hospital was intervened by adopting MHHIS,hand hygiene compliance rate before and after intervention was com-pared,and effectiveness of intervention was assessed.Results Hand hygiene compliance of doctors and nurses improved from 14.06%(35/249)and 28.62%(81/283)before intervention to 31.73%(79/249)and 57.60%(163/283)after inter-vention respectively(both P <0.05).Except outpatient and emergency department,hand hygiene compliance of the other departments significantly improved (all P <0.05);hand hygiene compliance of various hand hygiene indicators significantly improved except ‘after contact with patient surrounding’(all P <0.05),the differences were statistically different (P<0.05).Conclusion Using WHO MHHIS can effectively improve hand hygiene compliance of HCWs.