Health Care Personnel’s Attitude toward Hand Hygiene in Regard to the Prevention of Health-Care Associated Infections: A Cross Sectional Study at the University Hospital Pristine

Sopjani, Idriz

doi:10.4236/ojn.2016.610083

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“…En resumen, el cumplimiento de los componentes para una buena higiene de manos desborda los aspectos relacionados con el comportamiento de los trabajadores sanitarios y se ubica en la esfera de la infraestructura, la disponibilidad de recursos económicos y la gestión. Para llevar a cabo la higiene de las manos es importante la disponibilidad de los productos o de las preparaciones de alcohol glicerinado (23,24). Entre las principales barreras para su implementación están el décit de infraestructura -por ejemplo, falta de agua, jabón o desinfectantes para manos; lavamanos bloqueados o con fugas, e instalaciones mal ubicadas- (25).…”

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Cumplimiento de una estrategia de higiene de las manos en ambientes asistenciales

Salcedo-Cifuentes¹,

Ordóñez-Hernández

Calvo-Soto

2020

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Introducción: Si bien la higiene de las manos es la medida más importante en la mitigación del riesgo biológico en ambientes hospitalarios, evidencia científica muestra un escaso cumplimiento de las recomendaciones entre los trabajadores asistenciales. Objetivo: Evaluar el cumplimiento de cinco dimensiones que fortalecen la estrategia de higiene de las manos para la prevención del riesgo biológico en ambientes asistenciales. Método: Estudio observacional, de corte transversal, en cinco instituciones prestadoras de servicios de salud. Se aplicó estadística descriptiva. Con el Test de Medianas se evaluó si había diferencias significativas entre el grupo de profesionales por institución de salud, considerando significante una p ≤ 0,05. El análisis finalizó con un análisis discriminante. Resultados: La representatividad estuvo en las instituciones hospitalarias de primer nivel en las cuales el personal de enfermería, seguido por los médicos, tuvo un mejor cumplimiento del protocolo de lavado de manos. Este porcentaje se vio impactado por el menor cumplimiento de suministro de insumos e infraestructura. Hay una perfecta diferenciación entre los resultados del municipio de Cali con relación al de Caicedonia, en contraste con los de Popayán, Buga y Buenaventura. Conclusión: Se encontró un incumplimiento del protocolo de higiene de las manos, con una calificación inaceptable para los factores de insumos/infraestructura y técnica de higiene de las manos, respectivamente.

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Cumplimiento de una estrategia de higiene de las manos en ambientes asistenciales

Salcedo-Cifuentes¹,

Ordóñez-Hernández

Calvo-Soto

2020

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“…Definitely, training was an effective intervention since the level of knowledge of HCW raised on average about 41.66%. A low level of knowledge on hand washing techniques was demonstrated by a low HH compliance (51.3 %) and one recommendation was that education of nurses should be implemented continuously on an annual basis in order to promote HH among HCW (12). …”

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Training as an Effective Tool to Increase the Knowledge About Hand Hygiene Actions. An Evaluation Study of Training Effectiveness in Kosovo

Sopjani¹,

Jahn²,

Behrens³

2017

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Introduction:Hand hygiene (HH) compliance with World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines is essential to prevent bacterial transmission and infections acquired from hospital settings.Aim:The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of training tool of World Health Organization’s (WHOs) Hand Hygiene multi modal campaign at all public hospitals and at the University Clinical Center in Kosovo (UCCK).Method:During February 2016, 691 questionnaires were distributed to health care workers. The data collection was conducted through a questionnaire distributed before and after training. Measurement of questions was realized through a 5 point Likert scale.Results:The gender structure of participants turned out to be greater for women (n=571, 85%). The knowledge of health care workers differed significantly before and after the training (p<0.001), emphasizing that the impact of the training was important to improve the knowledge of participants. Thus, the average value of improvement of HCW’ knowledge was about 41.66 %.Conclusion:The findings emphasized the role of the training to improve the knowledge of participants about hand hygiene as well as prevention from infection.

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“…Therefore, the inclusion of HH in the undergraduate curriculum is considered an emergency issue (Chatterjee et al, 2015). On the other hand, by enriching the undergraduate curriculum, the formal training is considered a key component in generating and improving knowledge, therefore it must be offered on an ongoing basis (Sopjani, 2016a;2016b). Due to poor existing literature in Kosovo, it was necessary to conduct a study of this nature around the hand hygiene concept and practices.…”

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Hand Hygiene Training and Its Impact on the Knowledge of Undergraduate Nursing Students in Kosovo

Sopjani¹,

Jahn²,

Behrens³

2017

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Background: Hand hygiene (HH) performing is a must in health care settings because it affects the human lives. Health Care Workers (HCW) must be aware and be trained continuously as regards hand hygiene. Aim:The aim of this article was to evaluate and compare the knowledge before and after an educational training of undergraduate nursing students at an educational institution in Pristine, Kosovo. Methods:A pre-post survey was conducted in February 2016 at an educational institution in Pristine, Kosovo. The World Health Organization (WHO) questionnaire for hand hygiene knowledge of Health Care Workers (HCW) was used to collect the data.Results: From a total of 100 students, only 13 (13 %) were men and 87 (87%) were women. Their ages ranged between 18-23 years old. Only 55 (55 %) had poor knowledge level, 42 (42%) had moderate knowledge level and only 3 (3%) had good knowledge about HH practices before the training and after the training only 1 (1%) participant was found with poor knowledge, 61 (61%) moderate knowledge and 38 (38 %) good knowledge. The training had a significant impact on the acquisition of HH' knowledge. This was shown by the significant difference between the total points before and after the training (p <0.001). Conclucion:The training should be done consistently and be part of the nursing school curriculum, maintaining a satisfactory level of knowledge about hand hygiene as these students in a near future will face with Hand Hygiene (HH) issues in their daily clinical work.

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Health Care Personnel’s Attitude toward Hand Hygiene in Regard to the Prevention of Health-Care Associated Infections: A Cross Sectional Study at the University Hospital Pristine

Cited by 3 publications

References 21 publications

Cumplimiento de una estrategia de higiene de las manos en ambientes asistenciales

Cumplimiento de una estrategia de higiene de las manos en ambientes asistenciales

Training as an Effective Tool to Increase the Knowledge About Hand Hygiene Actions. An Evaluation Study of Training Effectiveness in Kosovo

Hand Hygiene Training and Its Impact on the Knowledge of Undergraduate Nursing Students in Kosovo

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