COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARD PRECAUTIONS IN INPATIENT HEALTHCARE SETTINGS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://cejph.szu.cz/artkey/cjp-202003-0001_compliance-with-standard-precautions-in-inpatient-healthcare-settings-in-the-czech-republic-a-cross-sectional.php" target="_blank" >http://cejph.szu.cz/artkey/cjp-202003-0001_compliance-with-standard-precautions-in-inpatient-healthcare-settings-in-the-czech-republic-a-cross-sectional.php</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a5942" target="_blank" >10.21101/cejph.a5942</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARD PRECAUTIONS IN INPATIENT HEALTHCARE SETTINGS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY

Original language description

Objective: The study evaluates compliance with declared hygienic standards carried out by healthcare professionals in clinical practice within their scope of direct patient care and the maintenance of medical tools and devices in healthcare facilities in the Czech Republic. Methods: Cross-sectional questionnaire study focused on the standards of safe health care. All 80 addressed healthcare providers were also involved in the 2018 Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) pilot project. Responses were scored on a 6-level scale, from "always" (100 points) to "never" (0 points). The evaluation was performed according to the frequency of responses and the average index (max. 100 points). Data analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 22 (level of significance 1% and 5%). Results: There were statistically processed 2,016 questionnaires (100%). Most respondents stated their job classification as non-medical healthcare professionals (NHP) working at a patient's bedside (73%), physicians (16%), or other NHP (11%). As per their medical specialty, 43% of the respondents practice internal medicine, 28% surgery, 14% psychiatry, 9% long-term inpatient care, and 6% stated other fields of medicine. The lowest declared compliance was registered in the statement "I use a face mask when exposure to air-transmitted pathogens is anticipated" (rating index 80 points). The highest compliance (99.4 points) was registered in the statement: "I discard used sharp materials into sharps containers." Conclusion: In the surveyed healthcare facilities within the Czech Republic, overall compliance with hygiene standards is at a good level. Declared differences in compliance with hygiene standards in the selected items of the questionnaire are influenced by multiple factors. Generally, a higher level of compliance is linked to increasing age, years of practice, and a higher level of education. When comparing professional groups, a higher level of compliance with hygiene standards was registered in the NHP group.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30304 - Public and environmental health

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Central European Journal of Public Health

ISSN

1210-7778

e-ISSN

1803-1048

Volume of the periodical

28

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

167-177

UT code for WoS article

000608444000001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85092531882