Hand Hygiene Rates among Medical Personnel and Intervention Methods
- VernacularTitle:医务人员手卫生执行率与干预方法的调查
- Author:
Lihong ZHU
;
Yuan SHEN
;
Shen ZHANG
;
Guyu SHEN
;
Shuyan JIANG
;
Xiqin PANG
;
Mimi LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Medical personnel;
Hand hygiene;
Intervention method
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology
1994;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To understand the present situation of hand hygiene execution rate among clinical medical personnel,and discuss a series of scientific,reasonable and practical hand hygiene intervention methods,in order to elevate the hand hygiene execution rate among medical personnel.METHODS Using the self-designed questionoaires in combination with observation on hand hygiene process and investigation of hand hygiene knowledge level among medical personnel in various departments of different levels of hospitals to assess the hand hygiene execution rate.RESULTS The investigation indicated 76.00% medical personnel have had hand hygienic knowledge training,and referred in the stipulation health drafts,the hand hygiene execution rate was 50.00-70.00%.The hand health execution rate before contact with patients was 59.82%,and after contacts with patients was 77.97%;among department the hand hygiene execution rate before contact with patients was highest in the department of pediatrics(82.78%),the lowest was in emergency department(11.11%),after contact with patients the highest was department of infectiong(100.00%),and the larest was in the internal medicine department(39.93%).CONCLUSIONS Medical personnel's hand hygiene consciousness is still weak,with lacked hand hygiene related knowledge,it is necessary to summarize a set of reasonable effective intervention plans to elevate the hand hygiene execution rate,reduce the hospital infection percentage,and lower the patient pain and the economic loss.
