The current status of hand washing and glove use among care staff in Japan: its association with the education, knowledge, and attitudes of staff, and infection control by facilities

Takahashi, Ikuko; Osaki, Yoneatsu; Okamoto, M.; Tahara, Aya; Kishimoto, Takuji

doi:10.1007/s12199-009-0103-z

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“…Ever since workers who are identified the problem of infection acquired in Hospital, at tempts have been made to eradicate or at least reduce rates of acquisition. Hospital acquired infection, also known as nosocomial infection, is defined as an infection for which there is no evidence of its presence or incubation at the time of admission or any infection acquired within 72 hours of admission to Hospital (3,4,5). World Health Organization published a guide to prevent HIV transmission in health facilities.…”

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Knowledge and Practices of Hand Washing and Glove Utiliz ation Among the Health Care Providers of Shenen Gibe Hospital, South West Ethiopia

Alemu¹

2015

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Background Nosocomial or Hospital Acquired infections-Is an infection that is neither present nor incubating at the time the patient came to the health care facility(hospital). Nosocomial refers to the association between care and the subsequent onset of infection. To prevents this infection open hand washing and glove utilization practice is simple and an important method. Objectives: To investigate the knowledge and practice of hand washing and glove utilization among the health care workers of Shenen Gibe Hospital. Method: Acrosssectional study design was used to investigate the knowledge and practice of hand washing and glove utilization among the health care provider of Shenen Gibe Hospital. A structured selfadministered pre-tested questionnaire was used for all 47 health professionals by Universal sampling techniques. Results: All the 47 staffs have responded to the questionnaire and the distribution of the staff was: 7(14.8%) physicians, 3(6.4%) were BSc Nurses, 21(44.8%) was clinical nurse, 8(17%) were mid wifery nurse, 5(10.6%) labtech. and the rest were anesthetist 3(6.4%). From this 15 (31.9%) were males and 32(68.1%) were females. From 47 respondents, 39(82.97%) and 32(68.08%) of them have adequate knowledge and practice of hand washing and glove utilization respectively. From the total of 47 respondents, 24(51%) of them have complied with the recommended procedures of hand washing and glove utilization, while 23(49%) of them did not comply. Conclusion and Recommendation: Majority of the study subjects have adequate knowledge and practice about hand washing and glove utilization. Most of the respondents were compiled with the recommended procedures of hand washing and glove utilization. Regular practice of hand washing and glove utilization requires regular supplies like soap, water, dry &clean to well and acceptable glove depending on the type of procedure to perform at all time. Therefore oromia health bureau should facilitate these facilities in the hospital wards. The hospital authorities are urged to post the general guidelines for the staff a teach hand washing sites.

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Knowledge and Practices of Hand Washing and Glove Utiliz ation Among the Health Care Providers of Shenen Gibe Hospital, South West Ethiopia

Alemu¹

2015

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“…Takahashi et al . found that care staff who were educated about hand washing showed significantly higher adherence than a group who had not been educated 26 . Duggan et al .…”

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Hand-washing behaviour and nurses' knowledge after a training programme

Erkan

Fındık

Tokuç

2011

International Journal of Nursing Practice

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the nurses' hand-washing behaviour and knowledge before and after a training programme. This prospective study involved 200 nurses who participated in hand-washing training at a university hospital in Turkey. The data were collected using a personal information form and pre- and post-test surveys that had been developed by the researchers. During the study, the nurses received 40 min of training on hand washing and a handbook prepared by the researchers. The hand-washing behaviour and knowledge of the nurses were assessed before training and 1 month after the training. To analyse the data, descriptive statistics, a t-test and a Mc Nemar chi-squared test were used. Following the training, there was a significant increase in the frequency of hand washing by the nurses (t = -2.202, P = 0.029), together with an increase in the time allowed for hand washing (P = 0.024, P < 0.05), knowledge of hand-washing practices (t = -16.081, P < 0.05) and quality (t = -10.874, P < 0.05). Planned training programmes for hand washing should be implemented to improve the behaviour and knowledge of nurses.

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“…In Japan, Sakihama et al investigated HH practices before patient contact at four teaching hospitals, which demonstrated that the HH adherence rate among nurses was 23% (Sakihama et al, 2016). Preceding literature based on questionnaire reported HH implementation rate at Japanese institutions was approximately 34% (Takahashi et al, 2009), and they had already pointed out a discrepancy between the self-evaluation and actual HH practice (Sakihama et al, 2016). Different from their investigation, the present study targeted only medical wards, but not surgical, intensive-care, and emergency wards.…”

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Gap between self-evaluation and actual hand hygiene compliance among health-care workers

Hagiya

Takase

Sazumi

et al. 2022

Journal of Infection Prevention

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Hand hygiene (HH) compliance among health-care workers has not satisfactorily improved despite multiple educative approaches. Between October 2019 and February 2020, we performed a self-evaluation test and a direct observation for the compliance of the 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene program advocated by the World Health Organization at two Japanese hospitals. Average percentages of self-evaluated HH compliance were as follows: (i) 76.9% for “Before touching a patient,” (ii) 85.8% for “Before clean/aseptic procedures,” (iii) 95.9% for “After body fluid exposure/risk,” (iv) 84.0% for “After touching a patient,” and (v) 69.2% for “After touching patient surroundings.” On the other hand, actual HH compliance was 11.7% for “Before touching a patient” and 18.0% for “After touching a patient or patient surroundings.” The present study demonstrated a big gap between self-evaluation and actual HH compliance among nurses working at hospitals, indicating the need of further providing the education in infection prevention.

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The current status of hand washing and glove use among care staff in Japan: its association with the education, knowledge, and attitudes of staff, and infection control by facilities

Cited by 16 publications

References 9 publications

Knowledge and Practices of Hand Washing and Glove Utiliz ation Among the Health Care Providers of Shenen Gibe Hospital, South West Ethiopia

Knowledge and Practices of Hand Washing and Glove Utiliz ation Among the Health Care Providers of Shenen Gibe Hospital, South West Ethiopia

Hand-washing behaviour and nurses' knowledge after a training programme

Gap between self-evaluation and actual hand hygiene compliance among health-care workers

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