Knowledge about Hand Hygiene among Healthcare Workers in Infectious Disease Hospital:A Questionnaire Investigation
- VernacularTitle:传染病医院医务人员手卫生知识调查
- Author:
Yaojin LIU
;
Guiling WANG
;
Xiaonan WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Healthcare worker;
Hand hygiene;
Hospital infection
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology
1994;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To investigate the knowledge about hand hygiene among the healthcare workers in the infectious disease hospital and improve their hand hygiene compliance.METHODS A standardized questionnaire was sent to 364 healthcare workers in the infectious disease hospital.The following data investigated anonymously were collected.RESULTS All the healthcare workers' answers to the choice questions were right(100.0%).However,there were significant differences in the answers to the memorized questions among the healthcare workers with different careers.The correct answers among the nurses were the highest(97.7% and 94.8%,respectively);among the doctors were 71.4% and 34.7%;and among the medical technicians were 21.5%,and 8.6%,respectively.But there were no significant differences between sexes,education degrees and service length in the three groups.CONCLUSIONS The healthcare workers of our hospital are well in the field of basic knowledge about hand hygiene.However,there are differences in the answers to the memorized questions among healthcare workers with different careers.It need to enhance the systems of training and examination for workers,especially for the doctors,technicians and all the new staff.Alcohol-based hand rub(AHR),which is prone to practice,would replace hand-washing.And it should be more supervised.
