Journal article
Hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers in an accredited tertiary care hospital
Indian journal of critical care medicine, Vol.18(10), pp.689-693
10/01/2014
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.142179
PMCID: PMC4195200
PMID: 25316980
Abstract
Aim: We are using multimodal technique to improve hand hygiene (HH) compliance among all health care staff for the past 1-year.This cross-sectional observational study was conducted in the surgical ICU to assess adherence to HH among nurses and allied healthcare workers, at the end of the training year. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional observational study using direct observation technique. A single observer collected all HH data. During this analysis, 1500 HH opportunities were observed. HH compliance was tested for all 5 moments as per WHO guidelines. Results: Overall compliance as per WHO Guidelines was 78%. Nurses had an adherence rate of 63%; allied staff adherence was 86.5%. Compliance was 93% after patient contact versus 63% before patient contact. Nurses'compliance before aseptic procedures was lowest at 39%. 92% staff was aware of the facts viz. Diseases prevented by hand washing, ideal duration of HH, reduction of health care associated infections, etc. Conclusion: After 1-year of aggressive multimodal intervention in improving HH compliance, we have an overall compliance of 78%. It implies that sustained performance and compliance to HH can be ensured by ongoing training. Direct observation remains a widely used, easily reproducible method for monitoring compliance.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers in an accredited tertiary care hospital
- Creators
- Siddharth Chavali - Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Medical College and HospitalVarun Menon - Aditya Birla Memorial HospitalUrvi Shukla - Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Indian journal of critical care medicine, Vol.18(10), pp.689-693
- DOI
- 10.4103/0972-5229.142179
- PMID
- 25316980
- PMCID
- PMC4195200
- NLM abbreviation
- Indian J Crit Care Med
- ISSN
- 0972-5229
- eISSN
- 1998-359X
- Publisher
- MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA PVT LTD
- Number of pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/01/2014
- Academic Unit
- Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9984772261702771
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