Effectiveness of intervention in hand hygiene compliance among health care workers in a stomatological hospital

VernacularTitle:口腔专科医院医务人员手卫生依从性干预效果
Author: Qian SHAO ; Lirong WANG ; Wenmei WANG ; Jun ZHAO
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: hand hygiene; hand washing; compliance; stomatological hospital; healthcare-associated infection
From: Chinese Journal of Infection Control 2015;(6):412-415
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To improve hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers (HCWs)in a stomatological hos-pital,and effectively reduce healthcare-associated infection(HAI)rate.Methods According to WHO hand hygiene guide-line and implementation scheme of hand hygiene,a systemic and step by step hand hygiene promotion plan was formulated, the plan was divided into five steps:full alert,baseline investigation,improvement,tracking,and retrospective analysis. Hand hygiene compliance among HCWs before and after the promotion of activities was analyzed and compared. Results Through hand hygiene promotion activities,the questionnaires showed that average score of knowledge about hand hygiene among HCWs enhanced from 58.33 to 77.40 (increased by 32.69%);the average hand hygiene compliance rate increased from 24.28%(59/243)to 49.81%(133/267),the difference was significant(χ2 =35.331,P =0.000);hand hy-giene status at five moments for hand hygiene improved markedly.Conclusion Hand hygiene promotion has a significant in-fluence in hand hygiene among HCWs in this stomatological hospital.