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Healthcare workers perception regarding hand hygiene
A percepção dos profissionais de saúde em relação à higienização das mãos
La percepción de los profesionales de la salud en relación con la higiene de manos
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Abstract Objective: To verify aspects related to the perception of healthcare workers regarding hand hygiene. Methods:
Cross-sectional study in a emergency care unit at a university hospital in Belo Horizonte. A structured
questionnaire was applied to nursing and medical staff. The statistic program SPSS w... mehr
Objective: To verify aspects related to the perception of healthcare workers regarding hand hygiene. Methods:
Cross-sectional study in a emergency care unit at a university hospital in Belo Horizonte. A structured
questionnaire was applied to nursing and medical staff. The statistic program SPSS was used, descriptive and
univariate analysis were made. Results: Healthcare workers attributed as high the impact of infections on
clinical evolution of patients and the effectiveness of hand hygiene in controlling those infections. The rate for
self-reported compliance to hand hygiene was 76.0% for the nursing staff and 72.5% for medical staff, but lower
than 60.0% for coworkers. Conclusions: Healthcare workers perceive hand hygiene as an effective measure to
control infection and recognize that compliance rates of hand hygiene among health teams in general are low.... weniger
Klassifikation
Gesundheitspolitik
Medizinsoziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
Hand Hygiene; Hospital Infection; Health Personnel
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2017
Seitenangabe
S. 321-326
Zeitschriftentitel
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 9 (2017) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2017.v9i2.321-326
ISSN
2175-5361
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)