[Hand hygiene and campaigns]. / Händehygiene und Kampagnen.
Pneumologie
; 63(4): 219-21, 2009 Apr.
Article
in De
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19255948
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Hand disinfection is a well-known and appropriate practise for infection prevention. Hence, it is logical to encourage its compliance and to provide its sustainability in the daily routine of a hospital. Several campaigns address an improvement of this important prevention measure.METHODS:
In the Hannover Medical School the health staffs on the intensive care units and bone marrow transplantation wards were examined for this topic by a standardised questionnaire. The aim was to detect deficiencies and the level of knowledge.RESULTS:
The forms were handed out to 838 health-care workers on 12 wards. 346 (41.2 %) were analysed. Inadequate hand disinfection due to a lack of time was the most common answer (43.1 %), followed by "there is no reason" (37.3 %). The alcoholic hand rub should be better available (50.3 %) and a continuing education programme should be provided (42.8 %) for improving hand hygiene practise.CONCLUSION:
The survey revealed the known risk factors for non-compliance. At this point, the national hand campaign "Aktion Saubere Hände" supports training courses by providing instruction materials for all participants. These materials are used for training health-care workers individually.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
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Attitude of Health Personnel
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Hand Disinfection
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Guideline Adherence
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Medical Staff
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
De
Journal:
Pneumologie
Year:
2009
Type:
Article