Healthcare workers perception regarding hand hygiene

Oliveira, Adriana Cristina de; Paula, Adriana Oliveira de

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%T Healthcare workers perception regarding hand hygiene
%A Oliveira, Adriana Cristina de
%A Paula, Adriana Oliveira de
%J Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online
%N 2
%P 321-326
%V 9
%D 2017
%K Hand Hygiene; Hospital Infection; Health Personnel
%@ 2175-5361
%> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53437-3
%X 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.
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