Hands-washing among Medical Staff:Inspection and Analysis
- VernacularTitle:医务人员洗手效果的监测分析
- Author:
Lixin SUN
;
Cuiqing LIU
;
Suzhe LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Medical staff;
Hands-washing;
Inspection
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology
2006;0(07):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To inspect the condition of hands-washing among medical staff in order to improve it accordingly.METHODS Direct inspection on the effect of hands-washing among medical staff from all departments within hospital at a fixed interval and make statistics as well as analysis retrospectively.RESULTS The qualified rate of hands-washing respectively was 90.03%,91.47%,91.54%,and 93.55% during the years of 2003 through 2006.The rate had risen steadily.The qualified rate of hands-washing in key departmeuts and in others was 89.15% and 87.87%.respectively,without significatnt differences.However,the qualified rate among nurses and doctors was 93.80% and 87.17%,respectively.The qualified rate among nurses was obviousely higher than among doctors in this regard with significant differences between them.CONCLUSIONS Intensifying training and standardizing hands-washing methods by means of choosing suitable hands-detergents are important in order to improve the compliance of hands-washing among medical staff.
