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Objective To evaluate the effect of hand hygiene (HH)promotion on awareness,correctness and compliance rates of HH among health care workers(HCWs).Methods HH promotion was started to carry out on May 8,2014,on-site questions,theoretical examination,and direct observation were adopted to survey the percent-age of HH awareness,correctness of six-step hand-washing method,and compliance to HH among HCWs before and at the phase five of promotion implementation,results before and after implementing promotion were compared. Results After implementing HH promotion,percentage of HH awareness,correctness of six-step hand-washing method,and compliance to HH among HCWs increased from 42.50%,35.45%,and 24.00% to 87.12%, 68.60%,and 43.20% respectively,differences were all significant (all P <0.05 ).Conclusion HH promotion has strengthened HCWs’HH awareness,standardized HH method,and enhanced compliance to HH.
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OBJECTIVE To survey retrospectively the application of antibacterial drugs among inpatients in a grassroots hospital in order to rationally use them.METHODS A retrospective survey was conducted in 2006 and the application of antibacterial drugs,their kinds and cost were statistically compared and analyzed.RESULTS The cost of antimicrobial drugs for inpatients occupied 74.23% of all medicament consumption,the leader one was cephalosporins.From 22 958 discharged cases,18 771 cases(81.76%) used the antimicrobial drugs,but pathogens detected only in 1462 cases(7.79%).CONCLUSIONS The use of antimicrobials in our hospital is with overdosage and higher costs.
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OBJECTIVE To investigate and analyze the hand hygiene status among clinical medical staff to find the problems and propose improvement measures.METHODS Through the form of a self-designed questionnaire survey according the principles of Ministry of Health of 330 the status quo of hands among medical staff of was investigated.RESULTS The bacterial carriage on the hands among medical staff before handwashing was(161.16?8.93) in average CFU/cm2,but after washing was(15.82?6.91) CFU/cm2,the difference was significant(t=5.27,P