Impact of an interventional program on improving compliance of hand hygiene and reducing hospital-acquired infection in the critical care unit
Introduction: This study aimed to determine the effect of a hand hygiene (HH) and awareness campaign on knowledge and compliance with HH practices among health-care workers working staff in the main intensive care units and also to evaluate the rates of hospital-acquired infection (HAI) before and a...
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| description | Introduction: This study aimed to determine the effect of a hand hygiene (HH) and awareness campaign on knowledge and compliance with HH practices among health-care workers working staff in the main intensive care units and also to evaluate the rates of hospital-acquired infection (HAI) before and after the intervention. Methods: A prospective, interventional, pre–post design was utilized and carried out in three phases: the first stage was a 1-month preintervention stage to develop the foundation of the compliance rate of handwashing; the second stage was the interventional handwashing campaign; the third stage was the postintervention stage to improve the compliance rate of handwashing. Two instruments were used in this study: the HH Knowledge Questionnaire developed by the World Health Organization to assess HH knowledge and the Handwashing Questionnaire developed to evaluate HH washing. Results: HH knowledge has been increased from preintervention (M = 11.84, standard deviation [SD] = 2.41) to postintervention (M = 18.80, SD = 2.93), and the effective compliance with HH practice was as low as 49% in June 2017 to 75% in February 2018. In addition, the HAI rate was dropped from 13.2% in June 2017 to 9% in February 2018. An inverse association was recognized between HH compliance and HAI rates. Conclusions: These results recommend that reasonable approaches can decrease the HAI rate of intensive care units. A nationwide handwashing interventional program can be employed in all hospitals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-51caf6a47a064f46bd4c491c85418e532022-12-21T23:08:17ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Global Infectious Diseases0974-777X2021-01-01132808410.4103/jgid.jgid_147_20Impact of an interventional program on improving compliance of hand hygiene and reducing hospital-acquired infection in the critical care unitJeneth GutierrezAladeen AlloubaniMohammad AlzaatrehMohammad MariLaila Akhu-ZaheyaIntroduction: This study aimed to determine the effect of a hand hygiene (HH) and awareness campaign on knowledge and compliance with HH practices among health-care workers working staff in the main intensive care units and also to evaluate the rates of hospital-acquired infection (HAI) before and after the intervention. Methods: A prospective, interventional, pre–post design was utilized and carried out in three phases: the first stage was a 1-month preintervention stage to develop the foundation of the compliance rate of handwashing; the second stage was the interventional handwashing campaign; the third stage was the postintervention stage to improve the compliance rate of handwashing. Two instruments were used in this study: the HH Knowledge Questionnaire developed by the World Health Organization to assess HH knowledge and the Handwashing Questionnaire developed to evaluate HH washing. Results: HH knowledge has been increased from preintervention (M = 11.84, standard deviation [SD] = 2.41) to postintervention (M = 18.80, SD = 2.93), and the effective compliance with HH practice was as low as 49% in June 2017 to 75% in February 2018. In addition, the HAI rate was dropped from 13.2% in June 2017 to 9% in February 2018. An inverse association was recognized between HH compliance and HAI rates. Conclusions: These results recommend that reasonable approaches can decrease the HAI rate of intensive care units. A nationwide handwashing interventional program can be employed in all hospitals.http://www.jgid.org/article.asp?issn=0974-777X;year=2021;volume=13;issue=2;spage=80;epage=84;aulast=Gutierrezhandwashinghospital infectionsintensive care unitsknowledge |
| spellingShingle | Jeneth Gutierrez Aladeen Alloubani Mohammad Alzaatreh Mohammad Mari Laila Akhu-Zaheya Impact of an interventional program on improving compliance of hand hygiene and reducing hospital-acquired infection in the critical care unit Journal of Global Infectious Diseases handwashing hospital infections intensive care units knowledge |
| title | Impact of an interventional program on improving compliance of hand hygiene and reducing hospital-acquired infection in the critical care unit |
| title_full | Impact of an interventional program on improving compliance of hand hygiene and reducing hospital-acquired infection in the critical care unit |
| title_fullStr | Impact of an interventional program on improving compliance of hand hygiene and reducing hospital-acquired infection in the critical care unit |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of an interventional program on improving compliance of hand hygiene and reducing hospital-acquired infection in the critical care unit |
| title_short | Impact of an interventional program on improving compliance of hand hygiene and reducing hospital-acquired infection in the critical care unit |
| title_sort | impact of an interventional program on improving compliance of hand hygiene and reducing hospital acquired infection in the critical care unit |
| topic | handwashing hospital infections intensive care units knowledge |
| url | http://www.jgid.org/article.asp?issn=0974-777X;year=2021;volume=13;issue=2;spage=80;epage=84;aulast=Gutierrez |
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