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Objective To increase acupuncture doctors' compliance on hand-washing, with which cross-infection can be avoided and the security level of acupuncture can be raised. Methods To get the information on current situation of hand-washing by direct observation. Aiming at present issues, we adopted such measures as improving hand-cleaning facilities and intensifying training of hand health knowledge and hand health manipulations to prevent them. Such methods as self reporting, indirect measuring, inquiring patients, and tracking surveys were used to evaluate the effects. Results Executive rate of hand-cleaning was 14% and 79% before and after the measures' intervention respectively. Conclusion As needles are inserted into the skin for the treatment, these needles may contaminate the blood or tissue fluid of the patient. The insanitation of hand may increase this contagious risk. Therefore, we must guide the acupuncturists to pay attention to their hands sanitation.
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Objective:To investigate the knowledge of hand-cleaning in student nurses,cultivate their awareness of washing hands,improve their submitting of washing hands and standardize their washing procedure,so as to reduce the hospital-acquired infection via hands.Methods: A self-designed questionnaire on hand-cleaning-related knowledge was used to survey 100 student nurses in their clinical practice in our hospital.Results:In the 100 questionnaires,some student nurses have poor-mastering of the signs of hand-cleaning,and have indefinite concepts of the time,position and frequency of hand-cleaning.The most frequently forgotten part of hands cleaning is finger(42%),the second is wrist(29%).Lots of student nurses(92%) mistakingly thought that washing hands with warm water was much better.Conclusion:The student nurses had relatively poor knowledge on hand-cleaning,much more attention should be paid on the education of this aspect by nursing department,in order to improve self-protection and control of hospital-acquired infection effectively.
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OBJECTIVE:To prepare anhydrous iodine-containing or iodine-free hand-cleaning agents for use at field or water-deficient area.METHODS:An adhesive paste was made with PVA as vehicle and PVP-I as disinfector.Iodine value was taken as parameter of quality control.The adhesive-eliminating test was carried out on Escherichia coli and HBV elimi?nating and skin irritation tests were performed in rabbits.RESULTS:This preparation could eliminate bacteria by its adhesive action and had considerable disinfective action because of the ingredient iodine,however it could not eliminate HBV.No irrita?tion to skin was found.CONCLUSION:The preparation can effectively remove the dust,bacteria and viruses from the hands and is suitable for cleaning hands in conditions of wartime,training and water-deficient area.