A multicenter intervention study on hand hygiene compliance of health care workers in neonatal intensive care units / 中国感染控制杂志
Chinese Journal of Infection Control
; (4): 557-560, 2015.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-476710
Responsible library:
WPRO
ABSTRACT
Objective To improve hand hygiene (HH)compliance of health care workers (HCWs)in neonatal in-tensive care units(NICUs)in China through a series of intervention measures.Methods A multicenter study was conducted,17 tertiary first class hospitals in 9 provinces and cities were selected,HH compliance of HCWs in these hospitals were investigated every month according to HH investigation method of World Health Organization.From October 1 ,2013 to March 31 ,2014 was pre-intervention stage;from April 1 ,2014 to September 30,2014 was post-intervention stage,timely feedback and intensified training were conducted at post-intervention stage.Results HH compliance rates of HCWs before and after intervention were 80.29% and 80.85% respectively,there was no sig-nificant difference (P >0.05).HH compliance rates of HCWs in different sizes of ICUs were significantly different before and after intervention (all P 30 beds were significantly lower than before intervention(P <0.001 );HH compliance rate of cleaners increased from 58.82% before intervention to 68.09% after intervention (P <0.05 );Of different hand hygiene indications,except before clean/aseptic task, compliance to the other HH indications were significantly different between before and after intervention(all P <0.05).Conclusion HH compliance is high among HCWs in NICUs in China,intervention measures,such as inten-sified training and timely feedback have certain influence in compliance to HH among HCWs at different sizes of ICUs,of different occupations,and at different HH indications.
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Health context:
SDG3 - Target 3C: Increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce
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Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas
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SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
Health problem:
Implementation Strategies for Healthcare Workers
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Goal 3 Human resources for health
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Target 3.8 Achieve universal access to health
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
Aspects:
Implementation research
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Infection Control
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article