Hand-washing among Medical Staff:Current Situation and Its Methods and Monitoring Measure / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To investigate the present situation of hand-washing among medical staff then explore more suitable hand-washing methods and monitoring measure. METHODS By surveying the hand-washing situation of 96 medical staff in our hospital through the method of sampling,the different germ eradication rate between routine soap hand-washing and disinfectant wet towel hand-wiping as well as hand-washing rate in all candidate population during practical work were observed. RESULTS The germ eradication rate after routine soap hand-washing was 86.0%,while by disinfectant wet towel wiping it was increased to 91.3%.The washing rate after above former method was 18.3% and after above two methods combined was increased to 43.6%,and after health propaganding and training was up to 60.6%. CONCLUSIONS Disinfectant wet towel hand-wiping is convenient,practical and effective which would be more suitable for clinical practice when combined with routine soap washing method.