Miscognition and Factors Affecting Hand Hygiene Performance
- VernacularTitle:医护人员对手卫生的认知误区及影响手卫生执行的因素调查
- Author:
Lan ZHAO
;
Lihua SUN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Nosocomial infection;
Hand hygiene;
Investigation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology
2004;0(10):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To investigate the cognition on hand hygiene and the reasons affecting the hand hygiene performance in hospital.METHODS Medical staff of 358 parsons were randomly selected by questionnaire.RESULTS It was higher cognition among medical staff on hand washing indication learned from Standards of Hand Hygiene among Medical Personnel in Medical Institutions(draft for soliciting opinions) issued by the Ministry of Health.The cognition coincidence of hand sterilization indication was 68.04%,but existed some less cognition or miscognition in this field among them.The main factors affecting the hand hygiene performance were busy at work,to which was the primary cause to affect use of stream water to wash hands.The concept that using stream water wash hand is reliable is the primary cause influence medical staffs to use alcohol scrape hand.CONCLUSIONS The nosocomial infection monitoring,guidance and control should be emphasized in the field of more use of the fast hand antiseptics instead washing hands and supervising the relevance of the amount of hand hygiene product consumpsion to nosocomial infections.
