手部卫生与干预:在2年时间内从三级护理机构进行的一项观察性研究
Preeti Chaudhary1, Varsha Gupta1
1Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh. India.
Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene
|February 21, 2024
概括
在干预后,医疗保健工作者对手部卫生的遵守显著改善,护士和医生表现出更高的遵守. 持续监测对于减少医院感染至关重要.
科学领域:
- 感染控制 感染控制
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 改善医疗保健质量 改善医疗保健质量
背景情况:
- 卫生保健工作者 (HCW) 的手部卫生 (HH) 对于减少病原体传播和医院获得感染 (HAI) 至关重要.
- 监测和审计HH实践是必要的,成本有效的干预措施,以减少医疗机构的HAI.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估在第三级护理机构中医疗保健工作者之间的手部卫生遵守率.
- 识别不同职业和环境中遵守的趋势和变化.
- 评估干预措施对改善手部卫生遵守的影响.
主要方法:
- 一项回顾性观察性研究分析了2021年6月至2023年5月的24740个手部卫生机会.
- 经过培训的感染控制护士在ICU和病房中使用世卫组织直接观察方法进行HH审计.
- 分析了完全粘附率 (HHCAR),部分粘附率 (HHPAR) 和总粘附率 (HHTAR) 的数据.
主要成果:
- 整体的手部卫生遵守率为:HHCAR 20.3%,HHPAR 41.5%和HHTAR 61.4%.
- 在ICU中观察到的遵守率更高,护士 (62.8%) 和医生 (61.5%) 的遵守率最高.
- 在干预后,观察到坚持性显著增加,从46.1%上升到67.3% (p < 0.01).
结论:
- 持续监测,反和定期审计是保持和改善HCW手部卫生实践的必要条件.
- 对于低收入和中等收入国家来说,强调诸如手部卫生等简单有效的措施至关重要,以应对不断上升的HAI率.
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