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Food in health and disease : scientific-professional journal of nutrition and dietetics, Vol. 3 Specijalno izdanje No. 9. Štamparovi dani, 2017.

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EDUCATIONAL IMPACT ON COMPIANCE OF MEDICAL PERSONNEL IN HAND HYGIENE IN COUNTY HOSPITAL POŽEGA

Božica Lovrić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-2762-6439 ; County hospital Požega, Osječka 107, Požega, Croatia Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Josipa Hutlera 4, Osijek, Croatia

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Abstract

Aim: Aim of this study was to determine possible differences in hand hygiene with health professionals
after the training.
Participants and methods: The study included three groups of health professionals: nurses, physiotherapists
and laboratory technicians. Procedures for hand hygiene of health care workers were monitored
before and after training. We collected 473 observations of hand hygiene before training and 613 observations
after training. To determine the difference between the proportions between two independent
samples (Number of indication before and after training) was used χ²-test and Fisher’s exact test. For the
assessment of the significance of the results was chosen significance level α = 0.05.
Results: Before conducted training health workers did have conduct hand hygiene; washing hands in
142 (54, 4%) cases, while rubbing as a hygienic method was applied in 119 (45.6%) cases. After training
was conducted more hygienic rubbing 438 (90,7%) than hygienic wash 45 (9,3%) was applied (Fisher’s
exact test, p <0.001).
Before aseptic procedure was performed without hand hygiene was 124 (51.2%) cases recorded, significantly
more prior to education (Fisher’s exact test, p <0.001).
Hand hygiene procedures before performing aseptic procedures after training were recorded in 93 (57.4)
cases. Before training was conducted there was no significant difference in compliance with hand hygiene,
according to occupation health professionals. After the training, laboratory technicians perform
hand hygiene significantly more (Fisher’s exact test, p =0.046)
Conclusion: Adherence to hand hygiene by health care workers is significantly higher after the training.

Keywords

hand hygiene; compliance; hygienic washing; hygienic rubbing; nurses

Hrčak ID:

198861

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/198861

Publication date:

31.12.2017.

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