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Objective To observe the effect of multi-modal hand hygiene(HH)intervention on HH compliance,as well as the relationship between HH compliance and the healthcare-associated(HA)case infection incidence.Methods From 2014 to 2022,the infection control team in a tertiary first-class hospital implemented multi-modal HH intervention for health care workers(HCWs).The changing trend of HH monitoring data,the correlation be-tween HH compliance rate and HA case infection incidence were analyzed retrospectively.Results The consump-tion of HH products in the wards showed a stable upward trend;HH compliance rate increased from 64.98％in 2014 to 85.01％in 2022(P＜0.001),and HA case infection incidence decreased from 1.21％to 0.83％(P＜0.05).HH compliance rate was negatively correlated with HA case infection incidence(r=-0.369,P=0.027).HH compliance rates in different regions and job posts in each quarter were increased(P＜0.001).For 5 different HH moments in each quarter,HH compliance rate fluctuated slightly before sterile manipulation and after touching patient;presented rising trend after touching surroundings around patient,and decreased before touching patient and after touching patient's body fluid since 2020(P＜0.001).Conclusion Multi-modal HH intervention can im-prove the HH compliance of HCWs,improving their HH awareness is conducive to reducing HA case infection incidence.
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Objective To analyze the cognition level of health care workers(HCWs)and the management status of various levels of medical institutions towards allergy reactions to commonly used antimicrobial agents.Methods HCWs and clinical pharmacists who were related to the diagnosis and treatment of antimicrobial agents in 14 medical institutions of city-level and autonomous prefectures in Gansu Province were randomly selected for a questionnaire survey.The survey contents included respondents'basic information,criteria for judging antimicrobial allergy,awareness on procedures related to antimicrobial allergy,and antimicrobial management level of different levels of medical institutions.Results A total of 8 670 valid questionnaires from HCWs were collected,including 3 300 phy-sicians,5 024 nurses and 328 pharmacists.160,775,2 123 and 5 612 HCWs were with senior,associate,interme-diate and junior professional titles,respectively.87.66％of the HCWs received relevant training on antimicrobial management in the past two years,the proportion of HCWs from different levels of medical institutions who have received training on antimicrobial management in the past two years was statistically significant different(x2=42.668,P＜0.001).HCWs with senior professional titles had the highest proportion of receiving relevant training(93.75％),there was a statistically significant difference in the proportion of receiving antimicrobial management training among HCWs with different professional titles in the past two years(x2=69.782,P＜0.001).50.98％of HCWs were not clear about penicillin allergy,and most of whom were with junior professional titles,accounting for 68.52％.25.19％of HCWs expressed uncertainty about whether patients with penicillin allergy could use cephalosporins,225 of whom were with associate professional titles,accounting for 29.03％of the total number of HCWs with associate profe-ssional titles.6.11％of HCWs had no experience in skin test procedure;46.94％of HCWs expressed that their medical institutions had no or unclear about whether their medical institutions had an antimicrobial allergy assess-ment team.Conclusion HCWs'judgment on allergy reactions to commonly used antimicrobial agents and aware-ness on antimicrobial application is not high enough,and the overall management level of antimicrobial allergy in all levels of medical institutions is poor.The popularity of antimicrobial allergy assessment teams is not high,and there is an urgent need to strengthen supervision,management,training,et al.
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Objective To understand the consumption of hand hygiene(HH)products and HH compliance in in-tensive care units(ICUs)of secondary and higher grade medical institutions(MIs)in Shanghai,and provide basis for further monitoring of HH among health care workers(HCWs).Methods Through healthcare-associated infec-tion surveillance system,the consumption of HH products and HH compliance in ICUs from secondary and higher grade MIs in Shanghai in 2017-2021 were analyzed.Results 105 ICUs from 74 MIs were included in analysis,the average consumption of HH products was 79.24(44.88-258.63)mL/(bed·day),with statistically significant difference among different types of ICUs(P＜0.001).The average consumption of HH products increased from 65.75 mL/(bed·day)in 2017 to 87.55 mL/(bed·day)in 2021,showing an increasing trend year by year(P＜0.001).HCWs'HH compliance rate was 82.13％,with the highest in nurses(86.59％)and the lowest(48.90％)in medical technicians,HH compliance rates of HCWs of different occupations were statistically significant different(P＜0.001).Among the implementation modes of HH,39.86％used running water for hand washing,42.27％used alcohol-based hand rub to wipe hands,13.22％didn't take HH measures,and 4.65％didn't take HH mea-sures when wearing gloves,with statistically significant differences among different HH implementation modes of HCWs(P＜0.001).There was a positive correlation between the average consumption of HH products per bed·day and HCWs'HH compliance rate(r=0.703,P＜0.05).Conclusion The average consumption of HH products per bed·day and HH compliance rate of HCWs in ICUs in Shanghai presents an increasing trend year by year.There are differences in the average consumption of HH products per bed·day and HH compliance rate among different types of ICUs.The implementation of HH can be evaluated by continuously surveillance on the average consumption of HH products per bed·day.
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Objective To study the compliance and correctness of hand hygiene(HH)of staff in intensive care units(ICUs)of a tertiary first-class hospital,and provide theoretical basis for HH intervention.Methods In April 2023,staff in 17 ICUs of this hospital were performed on-site survey by infection control staff,and monitoring forms about HH compliance and correctness were filled out.Results A total of 874 HH opportunities were ob-served with the concealed observation method,501 HH opportunities were implemented,the compliance rate was 57.32％,273 HH opportunities were correctly implemented,with an correct rate of 54.49％.The compliance and correct rate of HH among staff in different ICUs varied significantly.Compliance and correct rates of HH among staff with different jobs were statistically different:HH compliance rate of cleaners(31.97％)was lower than that of nurses(63.83％),doctors(58.77％)and other personnel(58.14％);HH correct rate of cleaners(30.77％)was lower than that of nurses(58.17％).The causes for not implementing HH among staff with different jobs and at different HH opportunities were statistically different:the rate of not implementing any HH measures after con-tact with patients(84.75％)was higher than before contact with patients(41.27％),before clean and sterile ma-nipulation(30.00％),as well as after contact with blood and body fluid(45.45％).The rate of not implementing any HH measures after contact with the patient's surrounding environment(66.67％)was higher than before con-tact with patient as well as before clean and sterile manipulation.The rates of incomplete HH steps and insufficient HH time among staff with different jobs were statistically different:The rates of incomplete HH steps of other per-sonnel(82.35％)was higher than that of doctors(52.63％).The rates of insufficient HH time of doctors(82.46％)and nurses(78.18％)were higher than that of cleaners(51.85％).Conclusion The implementation of HH among different occupational groups and at different HH implementation opportunities in ICU is significantly different,which should be intervened based on their characteristics.
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Background: The seasonal Influenza is a contagious respiratory illness. The most important step in preventing flu is to get a flu vaccination each year along with everyday preventive actions. The objective of this research was to study the acceptance and awareness of Influenza vaccine among health care workers of a tertiary care centre, Kerala and to explore the preventive practices. Methods: This study was a hospital based cross sectional study conducted among 204 health care workers in a tertiary centre in Kerala. A simple random sampling technique was adopted. Data was collected using self-administered pretested semi structured questionnaires. Results: 165 (80.9%) are aware of the Influenza vaccine while 39 (19.1%) are not aware of the Influenza vaccine. 30 (14.7%) has received at least one dose of Influenza vaccine in last five years while 174 (85.2%) has not received the vaccine. 161(78.9%) says they are willing to get vaccinated against Influenza while 43(21.1%) are not willing to get vaccinated. Conclusions: Even though there is good awareness about Influenza vaccine, the number of vaccine recipients is less than ideal. However, majority are willing to take Influenza vaccine in the future which shows good acceptance.
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Context : During COVID-19 Pandemic, frontline Health Care Worker (HCW) in hospitals were mandated to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), while caring for suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients, which involved the donning of close-fitting N95 Face Masks, Protective Eyewear, Gowns, Surgical Gloves and the use of Powered AirPurifying Respirators (PAPR). Aims : This study is to know the challenges faced during use of PPE among frontline HCW. Methods and Material : This is a cross-sectional study among HCW at our Tertiary Institution who were working in high-risk hospital areas during COVID-19. All respondents completed a self-administered questionnaire Statistical analysis used : Data were entered in Microsoft Excel and analyzed using SPSS version 23. Baseline characteristics were described using frequency and percentages. Association between predictors of PPE associated symptoms were assessed using Chi-square test with p-value of <0.05 considered as significant. Results : Total of 190 Health Care Workers participated in the study. Doctors- contributed most [143/189 (75.2%)]. Majority of the respondents reported usage of Masks, Eyewear, Shield and Gown [126/189 (66.7%)], in which most of them donned N-95 mask [152/189(80.5%)], and Goggles [110/189 (58.2%)] average for 6.32 (2.40) hours a day and 18.15(8.65) days in a month. 83 respondents reported a new onset headache associated with usage of PPE. Majority of the respondents localized Headaches as frontal (69.9%) which was statistically significant. Other symptoms were Tiredness (73.5%), Excess Sweating (45.4%) and Giddiness (20.6%). Conclusions : Prevalence and characteristics of PPE- associated symptoms in HCW working in high-risk areas in Tertiary Care Centers necessitates better measures and strategies for designing PPE and reducing the exposure time in HCW and also the impact on their work performance
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Background: The pandemic of COVID-19 infection has almost paralyzed the world since the first infection was reported in December 2019. We have seen 3 waves of infection in the country, out of which the second wave caused by the delta variant was the most severe. Along with the preventive measures of masking, maintaining social distance, and handwashing, the vaccines seemed to be the most logical next step. Many vaccines received emergency use approvals with hardly any efficacy and adverse effects data available with the process inducing a significant amount of anxiety among the public. This survey was aimed at understanding the attitude and perception of our hospital employees towards COVID-19 vaccination. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted among health care workers (HCW) at CMC, Vellore between March 2021 to July 2021. The HCWs who are willing to participate in this study were recruited and collected the quantitative data on their attitude and perception towards COVID vaccine. In-depth interviews were conducted among those who did not take vaccine to understand the reasons for not taking vaccine. The data were analyzed using statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS). Results: The survey results were analyzed on 435 HCWs. 58.4 percent of the HCWs trust the institutional protocols as the trusted source of information about vaccine. Most of the HCWs agreed that vaccines are the only protective way, and they are safe and effective. Conclusions: Sensitization and awareness programs with transparency of vaccine development processes, safety and efficacy will help remove barriers.
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ObjectiveTo obtain the status of latent tuberculosis infection （LTBI） among tuberculosis （TB）-related health-care workers （HCWs） in Shanghai， and to explore the risk factors related to TB infection. MethodsA multi-center cross-sectional study was conducted by recruiting medical workers from multiple designated TB hospitals， centers for disease control and prevention， and community health service centers in Shanghai. Each subject was required to complete a questionnaire and to provide a blood sample for TB infection test. Univariate and multivariate analysis ware made in order to find risk factors relating to TB infection. ResultsA total of 165 medical workers were recruited， and the proportion of TB infection was 16.36% （95%CI： 11.49%‒22.76%）. Multivariate logistic analysis showed that clinical doctors and nurses （adjusted OR=9.756， 95%CI： 1.790‒53.188）， laboratory staffs （adjusted OR=78.975， 95%CI： 8.749‒712.918）， and nursing and cleaning workers （adjusted OR=89.920， 95%CI： 3.111‒2 598.930） had higher risk of TB infection. ConclusionThe overall LTBI prevalence among TB-related HCWs is low. However， working as doctors， nurses， laboratory staffs， nursing workers and cleaning workers are risk factors of TB infection. TB-related HCWs who work at hospitals are at risk of TB infection comparing to medical staffs who work outside hospitals.
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Background Since the outbreak of COVID-19, primary health care workers have been facing unprecedented work pressure, and their occupational stress should be taken seriously. Objective To analyze the occupational stress situation and its influencing factors of primary health care workers in Guangdong Province, and to propose targeted interventions. Methods Using a multi-stage stratified random sampling method, each prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province was classified into "good", "medium", or "poor" category based on its gross domestic product (GDP) in 2019 released by the Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Statistics. In September 2021, four primary health care institutions were randomly selected from each stratum, and a total of 1327 staff members were selected for the study. The Core Occupational Stress Scale (COSS) and a basic information questionnaire designed by the authors were used. Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare the means between two groups, and Kruskal-Walis H test was used to compare the means among multiple groups. The comparison of categorical data was performed by trend χ2 test or Pearson χ2 test; the analysis of factors influencing occupational stress was performed by dichotomous multiple logistic regression analysis. Results There were 365 health care workers reporting occupational stress in this survey, and the positive rate of occupational stress was 27.5%. The total occupational stress score in M (P25, P75) and the scores of social support, organization and reward, demand and effort, and control were 45.0 (40.0, 50.0), 20.0 (17.0, 21.0), 14.0 (12.0, 17.0), 12.0 (10.0, 15.0), and 5.0 (4.0, 6.0), respectively. The results of dichotomous multiple logistic regression analysis showed that high education, low income, doctor positions, long working hours in a day, and shift work were associated with the occurrence of reporting occupational stress (P<0.05). Conclusion Education, average monthly income, job category, daily working hours, and shifts are factors influencing the occurrence of reporting occupational stress in primary health care workers; targeted interventions should be implemented to reduce their occupational stress levels.
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Background: Healthcare workers at the forefront of the battle against COVID 19 are not only putting their own health and lives at risk but are also fighting to keep their own worries and emotional stress at bay. Aim & Objective: To evaluate emotions, perceived stressors, and factors that helped in reducing stress of healthcare workers who worked during a COVID19 pandemic. Settings and Design: This cross sectional study was conducted among Health Care staff involved in COVID 19 duty in tertiary care hospital of Gujarat. Methods and Material: Google form link was shared though what’s up and mail. The questionnaire was completed online. Consent for voluntarily participation was also obtained through online Google form. Statistical analysis used: Data was entered and analysed through Microsoft Excel 2010. Results: Total 106 participants responded to the questionnaire. It was extremely stressful for health care workers to see their colleagues getting infection, as well as the fear that they could transmit the disease to their families or friends. Main factors that helped to reduce the stress were positive attitude from colleagues, improvement of patients conditions and availability of protective equipment. Conclusions: Personal safety, the protection of family members and unpredictability of pandemic were the main concerns. Hospitals should prioritise stress monitoring for health care workers and provide targeted psychological guidance for HCWs during the pandemic.
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Background: In COIVD 19 pandemic there were reports which have stated that 70% of HCWs are under psychosocial distress [12] that抯 why it becomes more important to find out to what extent psychosocial distress has affected the knowledge of ICP and its quality of measures. Objectives: To findan association between the psychosocial condition of health workersand ICP measured followed. Materials and Methods: A study was conducted among the health workers who worked for COVID 19 through a self-reporting questionnaire with a google form from September 2020 to October 2020. Demographical, ICP measure and psychosocial data were collected from 42 HCWswho have worked in COVID 19 for more than 30 days. Analysis was done by PSPP, Epi info, R and excel. Results: ICPM scale (ICP Measure Followed by HCW) which was the dependent variable and independent variables were T & E (Training and Education), SSRS (Social Support Rate Scale), SRAS (Self-Rating Anxiety Scale), SRDS (Self-Rating Depression Scale), GSES (General Self-Efficacy Scale ), SASR (Stanford Acute Stress Reaction), PSQI (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index), Age, Duty hours per day, Hours in PPE per day and violence. By SEM (Structural equation model) association was found between the SSRS score effect on ICPM score (? = 0.38, P = 0.000), Hour in PPE score effect on ICPM score (? = 0.21, P = 0.023), violence effect on ICPM score (? = 0.32, P = 0.001) and SRDS score negatively affect on ICPM score (? = - 0.17, P = 0.059) with Adjusted R Square of 0.6 at P=0.000, RMSEA 0.000, SRMR 0.002, GFI 1.00, AGFI 1.00, NFI 1.00, NNFI 1.00, CFI 1.00, ECVI 0.571. Conclusions: A significant association was found between ICP measures followed by HCWs and training education given to them, social support, hours spent in PPE, violence. Even a significant association was seen between violence and sleep quality, the anxiety of HCWs.
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In the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)pandemic,thousands of health care wor- kers (HCWs)worldwide infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),some even have lost their lives.At the early stage of the epidemic,some Chinese HCWs were infected.Owing to limited knowledge of characteristics of SARS-CoV-2,more than 3,000 HCWs in Hubei Province contracted SARS-CoV-2 at the early stage of the outbreak.Due to overloaded work of HCWs in local hospitals,more than 42,000 HCWs (including HCWs from the military)were dispatched to Hubei Province from all over the country.At the peak of epidemic,one in 10 intensive care HCWs in China were working in Wuhan.During fighting against COVID-19 in China,although a certain number of HCWs were infected with SARS-CoV-2 at the early stages of the epidemic, effective prevention was achieved through timely adoption of prevention measures,including fast diagnosis,timely isolation of patients,strengthening of HCWs'safety,intensified training on basic protective knowledge and unified management of HCWs,there was no report about infection among the 42,632 members of the national medical teams sent to Hubei,and the number of COVID-19 cases among HCWs in local hospitals also significantly de- creased,thereby indicating that healthcare-associated infection (HAI)of COVID-19 among HCWs are fully pre- ventable.This paper explores how to prevent HCWs from contracting SARS-CoV-2 through effective measures during the epidemic in Wuhan,China.
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ABSTRACT During the COVID-19 pandemic, special attention has been addressed in cancer care to mitigate the impact on the patient's prognosis. We addressed our preparation to face COVID-19 pandemic in a Hematological and Stem Cell Transplant Unit in Brazil during the first two months of COVID-19 pandemic and described COVID-19 cases in patients and health care workers (HCW). Modifications in daily routines included a separation of area and professionals, SARS-CoV-2 screening protocols, and others. A total of 47 patients and 54 HCW were tested for COVID-19, by PCR-SARS-CoV-2. We report 11 cases of COVID-19 in hematological patients (including 2 post stem cell transplant) and 28 cases in HCW. Hematological cases were most severe or moderate and presented with several poor risk factors. Among HCW, COVID-19 were mostly mild, and all recovered without hospitalization. A cluster was observed among HCW. Despite a decrease in the number of procedures, the Transplant Program performed 8 autologous and 4 allogeneic SCT during the period, and 49 onco-hematological patients were admitted to continuing their treatments. Although we observed a high frequency of COVID-19 among patients and HCW, showing that SARS-CoV-2 is disseminated in Brazil, hematological patients were safely treated during pandemic times.
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Humans , Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient , Medical Care , Stem Cell Transplantation , Pandemics , Patient Care Bundles , SARS-CoV-2 , COVID-19 , Neoplasms , Delivery of Health Care , HematologyABSTRACT
The mobile phones have become an inevitable part of life for communication everywhere. Hospital-acquired infections are causing increased morbidity and mortality of hospitalized patients. After getting approval from the institutional review board, a total of 300 samples from mobile phones and dominant hands of resident doctors, nurses, and support staff working in neonatal intensive care unit, pediatric intensive care unit, intensive care unit, and emergency ward were tested according to standard guidelines for culture. Of 300 samples tested, 144 (96%) mobile phones and 145 (96.66%) dominant hands showed contamination with one or more types of microorganisms. Monomicrobial organisms were recovered from 247 samples and polymicrobial organisms were isolated from 42 samples. Mobile phones and hands of helath care workers serve as a potential reservoir for hospital acquired infections as multi-drug resistant pathogenic bacteria as well as normal flora of skin were recovered.
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Vaccination is the most effective way to prevent influenza and severe outcoming caused by influenza viruses.Health care workers(HCW) are exposed to patients with influenza and they are at high risk of occupationally acquired influenza and of causing nosocomial infection among patients,increasing the incidence rate,the risk of severe and death of patients.Improving the influenza immunization in HCW can not only reduce the prevalence of themselves and keep a weel-oiled of health care facilities during the influenza seasons,but also reduce the risk of severe and death among patients and increase the influenza vaccine uptake in whole population.At present,the influenza immunization coverage of HCW is low.The obstacles and myths of influenza vaccine are barriers for vaccine uptake among HCW.The various strategies are critical in order to improve the influenza coverage rates of HCW.
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Sharp injury is a common occupational injury occurs in hospital, it is also an important way for health care workers to be infected with blood-borne pathogens, standardized use of sharps containers can effectively prevent the occurrence of sharp injury.Sharps containers are widely used in China, but the specifications are limited and the products are single, there is still room for improving safety performance.In view of the problems existing in clinical use, Chinese scholars have made a lot of improvements on sharps containers.The author suggests that relevant units should consider the design concept of clinic to develop and popularize more reasonable safe sharps containers for clinical application, and take other comprehensive behavioral control measures, so as to effectively reduce the occurrence of sharp injury.
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A inovação figura como aspecto relevante para organizações uma vez que contribui para o melhor desempenho e para os atendimentos às demandas constantes e crescentes da sociedade moderna. O inventário Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI®) apresenta-se como ferramenta com potencial para a identificação de indivíduos inovadores em organizações. Este estudo tem por objetivo identificar os tipos psicológicos de profissionais com potencial para inovação que trabalham na área da saúde e o posicionamento dos mesmos dentro de suas redes sociais organizacionais. Os dados foram coletados por meio de um questionário estruturado aplicado a 37 profissionais em uma unidade de saúde no município do Rio de Janeiro, e transferidos para dois softwares - Ucinet e MBTI versão Inspiira 1. Os resultados revelaram que alguns dos indivíduos identificados como centrais para o processo de inovação, apresentaram a dimensão Intuição (N), que é apontada pela literatura como indicadora de indivíduos que têm uma maior propensão a gerar ideias inovadoras. O inventário MBTI e sua verificação por meio da análise de redes sociais (ARS) mostraram-se promissores para identificação de indivíduos inovadores e para proporcionar o seu melhor aproveitamento dentro das organizações.(AU)
The innovation is a relevant aspect for organizations insofar as it contributes to better performance and to satisfy the constant and growing demands of modern society. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI®) test is a tool which has potential for identifying innovative individuals within organizations. This study aims to identify psychological types of professionals which have potential for innovation, working in health care and their status on organizational social networks. The data were collected through a structured questionnaire applied to 37 professionals in a healthcare center in the city of Rio de Janeiro and then transferred to two softwares - Ucinet and MBTI version 1.0 - Inspiira.The results showed that individuals identified as central to the innovation process presented the Intuition dimension (N), pointed by literature on this subject as an indicator of individuals who have a higher propensity to generate innovative ideas. The MBTI inventory and its verification through social network analysis (SNA) showed opportune to identify innovative individuals and to provide their best use within organizations.
La innovación se presenta como un aspecto pertinente para las organizaciones ya que esta contribuye al mejor desempeño y atención a las demandas constantes y crecientes de la sociedad moderna. El inventario Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI®) ha sido identificado como una herramienta para el reconocimiento de individuos innovadores en organizaciones. Este estudio tiene como objetivo identificar a los tipos psicológicos de los profesionales de salud con potencial innovador y el posicionamiento de los mismos en sus redes sociales. Los datos fueron recolectados por medio de un cuestionario estructurado y aplicado a 37 profesionales en un centro de salud de la ciudad de Río de Janeiro. Fueran después insertados en dos softwares - Ucinet y MBTI versión Inspiira 1. Los resultados mostraron que algunos de los individuos identificados como elementos centrales en el proceso de innovación tenían la dimensión de la Intuición (N) señalada como un indicador de personas que tienen una mayor propensión a generar ideas innovadoras. El inventario MBTI y su verificación a través del análisis de redes sociales (ARS) se demostraron prometedores para identificación de personas innovadoras y el mejor empleo de sus capacidades en las organizaciones.
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Humans , Male , Female , Organizational Innovation , Psychological Tests/standards , Health Services Administration , Health Personnel/psychology , Social Networking , Health Management , Access to InformationABSTRACT
Objective To determine factors influencing the immunization of measles vaccine(MV) among health care workers in Hangzhou, and to provide recommendations to promote their MV immunization. Methods In 2016, we used typical sampling method to select 2 general hospitals of 3 different levels, 1 infectious diseases hospital and 1 children's hospital, and interviewed health care workers in high and low measles risk departments to investigate their MV immunization by using a structured questionnaire. Factors influencing their immunization were analyzed by logistic regression model. Results A total of 141 of 349 health care workers investigated had MV immunization history, and the MV immunization coverage rate was 40.40%.The logistic regression analysis showed that working in low measles risk department(OR=1.91, 95%CI: 1.20-3.04) was risk factors for MV immunization, and having confidence with the effectiveness of MV(OR=0.40, 95%CI: 0.21-0.78) . Knowing the "measles vaccination suggestion" (OR=0.50, 95%CI: 0.28-0.91) and the hospital had organized measles vaccination for health care workers in recent years(OR=0.35, 95%CI: 0.22-0.57) were protective factors for MV immunization. Conclusions Health care workers in Hangzhou had low MV coverage but high willingness. We should enhance education activity of MV immunization and organize measles vaccination for health care worker at regular intervals by hospitals to increase the MV coverage.
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Objective To understand the actual implementation of hand hygiene(HH)of health care workers(HCWs), and provide evidence for improving HH management.Methods HH performance appraisal began to implement in a hospital in 2016, at the same time, third party(healthcare-associated infection management professionals in other hospitals)was invited to carry out 4 times of anonymous survey on HH among HCWs in the hospital, change in HH compliance rate among HCWs was compared.Results HH compliance of HCWs surveyed by the third party was 60.68％, HH rates in the first half and second half year were 52.72％and 68.62％respectively, difference was statistically significant(P＜0.001).Compliance rate of HH in key departments(intensive care unit and neonatal department, 87.44％)was higher than surgical departments(64.71％)and internal medicine departments(53.74％), difference was statistically significant(both P＜0.05).HH compliance rates of HCWs before and after contact with patients and after contact with the surrounding environment of patients were all low(53.59％, 58.07％, 43.97％, respectively).Conclusion HH surveyed by the third party can effectively reduce the Hawthorne effect during the observation process.HH performance appraisal can significantly improve the compliance of HH among HCWs.
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Objective To study the characteristics of occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens and the cost of prevention and control,and provide evidence for policy making in medical institutions.Methods A prospective study was conducted to collect the data and follow-up data about occupational exposure of health care workers(HC-Ws)from the occupational exposure reporting system of a hospital between June 1,2016 and May 30,2017.Results There were 95 cases of occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens.Occupational exposure occurred mainly in June,July,and November,peak time for occurrence was 12∶00 at noon.The main occupations of HCWs who sustained occupational exposure were nurses (41.05%),doctors (28.42%),and practice nurses (15.79%).The main departments of occupational exposure were central operating room (21.05%), emergency department (1 1.58%),and interventional radiology department (6.32%).The total cost of prevention and control for 95 times of occupational exposures were 33 235.20 Yuan,with an average of 349.84 Yuan per case.The average cost per case after human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)exposure was the highest (2 787.50 Yuan);and cost of syphilis exposure was the lowest (58.88 Yuan).Conclusion It is necessary to strengthen the training and education of high-risk time,high-risk population,and high-risk departments of occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens,pre-vention of occupational exposure with high cost of prevention and control such as HIV should be especially paid attention.