Adherence to hand hygiene in a hospital setting - a questionnaire survey focused on compliance with the use of gloves

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14110/21:00121652

Result on the web

<a href="https://kont.zsf.jcu.cz/current_issue.php" target="_blank" >https://kont.zsf.jcu.cz/current_issue.php</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.32725/kont.2021.006" target="_blank" >10.32725/kont.2021.006</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Adherence to hand hygiene in a hospital setting - a questionnaire survey focused on compliance with the use of gloves

Original language description

Introduction: Hand hygiene is considered one of the most important and effective measures for infection prevention and control. It also plays a vital role in reducing healthcare-associated/acquired infections. The main goal is to assess hand hygiene compliance - with a special focus on using gloves when providing care in inpatient settings. Methods: A cross-sectional survey on compliance with hand hygiene was conducted in health care facilities in the Czech Republic in 2018 before the COVID-19 pandemic. The participants were from 80 inpatient health care providers in the Czech Republic. Responses were scored on a 6-level scale, from &quot;always&quot; (100 points) to &quot;never&quot; (0 points). Data analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 22. Results: The questionnaire was filled in by 2,049 health care personnel from 80 inpatient health care facilities in the Czech Republic. Respondents were further divided according to the medical specialty. Respondents worked in the field of internal medicine (43%), surgical fields (28%), psychiatry (14%), long-term care facilities (9%), and other non-classified fields (6%). Conclusions: The presented study verified the good level of declared compliance with hygiene standards in inpatient healthcare providers in the Czech Republic. Significant differences were found between the observed hand hygiene measures established in the Czech Republic and international best practices based on a high scientific evidence level. An appropriate measure would be to establish national clinical best practices based on convincing scientific evidence at the national level.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30307 - Nursing

Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

KONTAKT – Journal of nursing and social sciences related to health and illness

ISSN

1212-4117

e-ISSN

1212-4117

Volume of the periodical

23

Issue of the periodical within the volume

006

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

3-7

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85102772472