Relationship Between Hand Hygiene Compliance in Health Care Workers and Nosocomial Infections
- VernacularTitle:医护人员手卫生依从性与医院感染的相关研究
- Author:
Jinxiang LIN
;
Miaoxia CHEN
;
Xiaoxiang ZHOU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Nosocomial infection;
Hand hygiene;
Compliance;
Medical staff
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology
2006;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To study the correlation between nosocomial infection rate and hand hygiene compliance rate in health care workers.METHODS We analyzed the data about hand hygiene compliance rate in health care workers,nosocomial infection rate and meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) infection rate from 2004 to 2007.RESULTS A total of 6350 hand hygiene times in health care workers in 4 years were observed.The hand hygiene compliance rate increased significantly from 34.58% to 74.52%(P
