Hand hygiene compliance among health care workers in a hospital

VernacularTitle:某医院医护人员手卫生依从性调查
Author: Yingying HU ; Xiaocheng CHEN ; Zongming LIU ; Yurong GAO ; Weiqi WANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: hand hygiene; hand washing; compliance; health care worker; hand hygiene moment; healthcare-as-sociated infection
From: Chinese Journal of Infection Control 2015;(5):339-341
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate hand hygiene status of health care workers (HCWs)in a hospital,and pro-vide guides for improving hand hygiene compliance.Methods Hand hygiene intervention was adopted in a hospital between 2012 and 2014,hand hygiene compliance among HCWs and healthcare-associated infection in patients be-tween August 1 and August 31 of each year were investigated and analyzed statistically.Results In 2102 -2014, hand hygiene compliance rate of HCWs was 59.55%,62.13%,and 65.16% respectively,which showed a increased trend (χ2 =10.018,P =0.002),HAI rate was 2.13%,1 .48% and 1 .06% respectively,which showed a decreased trend (χ2 =82.377,P <0.001 );hand hygiene compliance rate of doctors was lower than nurses (57.97% vs 65.97%);Of different hand hygiene moments,hand hygiene compliance rate was the lowest before touching a pa-tient(41 .32%),and highest after body fluid exposure (76.47%).Conclusion Comprehensive hand hygiene inter-vention in this hospital has achieved preliminary results,improvement of HCWs’hand compliance is helpful for pre-venting HAI.