Effect of hand hygiene promotion on hand hygiene of health care workers / 中国感染控制杂志

ABSTRACT

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.