Hand Hygiene

Hand Hygiene

Hand Hygiene is one action that is most effective in reducing infections associated with healthcare such as Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs). It is therefore a key activity for health care workers. Poor hand hygiene is detrimental to the health and safety of a patient and cause them to acquire more diseases to the detriment of their health, in addition to the one that brought them to the hospital. In fact, health workers have been revealed to be the chief carriers of hospital acquired infections. As revealed by many studies carried out to ascertain the adherence to hand hygiene and its effectiveness, a greater number of health workers fail to consistently adhere to hand hygiene practicesApart from the international standard guidelines for hand hygiene, most health works fail to carry out common hand hygiene practices before and after contact with a patient. It has resulted in high morbidity and mortality cases caused by poor hand hygiene of health workers. There is need for more sensitization of health workers on the need for effective hand hygiene practices for quality healthcare. It is also important to know that the basic method used for hand hygiene like the entry and exit methods are insufficient. Healthcare institutions need to see it as their duty to introduce and foster various hand hygiene techniques for their hospitals for quality healthcare and patient safety, in addition to the guidelines of relevant international bodies such as World Health Organization. Hand Hygiene

References

Garus-Pakowska, A., Sobala, W., Szatko. F. (2013). Observance of hand washing procedures performed by the medical personnel before patient contact part 1.International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health 2013

Chatfield, S. L., Nolan, R., Crawford, H. and Hallam, J. S., (2016). Experiences of hand hygiene among acute care nurses: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. SAGE Open Medicine Volume 4: 1 –9

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Deochand, N., & Deochand, M. E. (2016). Brief Report on Hand-Hygiene Monitoring Systems: A Pilot Study of a Computer-Assisted Image Analysis Technique. Journal of environmental health78(10). Journal of Hospital infection 97 (2017) 26-29 Hand Hygiene

Lehotsky, A., Szilagyi, L. , Szeremy, P., Weber, G., Haidegger, T. (2017). Towards objective hand hygiene technique assessment: validation of the ultraviolet-dye-based hand-rubbing quality assessment procedure.

McLawsa, M. L., Farahangizb, S., Palenikc, C. Askariand, M., (2014). Iranian healthcare workers’ perspective on hand hygiene: A qualitative study. Journal of Infection and Public Health (2015) 8, 72—79

Sadule-Rios, N., Aguilera, G. (2017). Nurses’ perception of reasons for persistent low rates in hand hygiene compliance. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing 42 (2017) 17-21 Hand Hygiene

Hand Hygiene is one action that is most effective in reducing infections associated with healthcare such as Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs). It is therefore a key activity for health care workers. Poor hand hygiene is detrimental to the health and safety of a patient and cause them to acquire more diseases to the detriment of their health, in addition to the one that brought them to the hospital. In fact, health workers have been revealed to be the chief carriers of hospital acquired infections. As revealed by many studies carried out to ascertain the adherence to hand hygiene and its effectiveness, a greater number of health workers fail to consistently adhere to hand hygiene practicesApart from the international standard guidelines for hand hygiene, most health works fail to carry out common hand hygiene practices before and after contact with a patient. It has resulted in high morbidity and mortality cases caused by poor hand hygiene of health workers. There is need for more sensitization of health workers on the need for effective hand hygiene practices for quality healthcare. It is also important to know that the basic method used for hand hygiene like the entry and exit methods are insufficient. Healthcare institutions need to see it as their duty to introduce and foster various hand hygiene techniques for their hospitals for quality healthcare and patient safety, in addition to the guidelines of relevant international bodies such as World Health Organization. Hand Hygiene

References

Garus-Pakowska, A., Sobala, W., Szatko. F. (2013). Observance of hand washing procedures performed by the medical personnel before patient contact part 1.International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health 2013 Hand Hygiene

Chatfield, S. L., Nolan, R., Crawford, H. and Hallam, J. S., (2016). Experiences of hand hygiene among acute care nurses: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. SAGE Open Medicine Volume 4: 1 –9

Deochand, N., & Deochand, M. E. (2016). Brief Report on Hand-Hygiene Monitoring Systems: A Pilot Study of a Computer-Assisted Image Analysis Technique. Journal of environmental health78(10). Journal of Hospital infection 97 (2017) 26-29 Hand Hygiene

Lehotsky, A., Szilagyi, L. , Szeremy, P., Weber, G., Haidegger, T. (2017). Towards objective hand hygiene technique assessment: validation of the ultraviolet-dye-based hand-rubbing quality assessment procedure.

McLawsa, M. L., Farahangizb, S., Palenikc, C. Askariand, M., (2014). Iranian healthcare workers’ perspective on hand hygiene: A qualitative study. Journal of Infection and Public Health (2015) 8, 72—79

Sadule-Rios, N., Aguilera, G. (2017). Nurses’ perception of reasons for persistent low rates in hand hygiene compliance. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing 42 (2017) 17-21 Hand Hygiene

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