Hand hygiene compliance rate of health professionals

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dc.contributor.authorKosucu, Sibel Nargiz
dc.contributor.authorGoktas, Sonay Baltaci
dc.contributor.authorYildiz, Tulin
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-12T21:45:43Z
dc.date.available2024-07-12T21:45:43Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.departmentMaltepe Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractObjective: In this study, it was aimed to define the compliance rate of health professionals to the rule of 5 indications which require hand hygiene. Method: Health professionals were observed for two hours a day within working hours during three months by an observer. The observation was made according to 5 indications rule for hand hygiene and compliance rates were calculated. Results: A total of 3690 hand hygiene indications were observed. Compliance rate of health professionals was found as 58%. Hand hygiene compliance rates were found to be 69% for nurses, 45% for doctors and 36% for allied health professionals. Hand hygiene compliance was observed to be the highest as 80% before aseptic operations and the lowest as 48% after touching patients' goods. Conclusions: Providing hand hygiene for health professionals is the first step of infection control programme which is constituted to prevent hospital infections. In accordance with obtained findings, increasing compliance is planned with repetitive educations which especially include the statement of hand hygiene indications and methods for health professionals tailored through evaluations via observation method and feedback of gained findings.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.5455/musbed.20150327042901
dc.identifier.endpage108en_US
dc.identifier.issn2459-1459
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage105en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.5455/musbed.20150327042901
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12415/7852
dc.identifier.volume5en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000435265800003en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.language.isotren_US
dc.publisherAVES PRESS LTDen_US
dc.relation.ispartofCLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCESen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.snmzKY00511
dc.subjecthand hygieneen_US
dc.subjecthealth professionalsen_US
dc.subjecthospital infectionen_US
dc.subjectcomplianceen_US
dc.titleHand hygiene compliance rate of health professionalsen_US
dc.typeArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication

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