Hand Hygiene Auditing: An Effective Tool To Improve The Adherence To Hand Hygiene Practices Among Healthcare Workers.

[摘要] Hand hygiene (HH) is cornerstone among infection control practices. Hand hygiene is animportant and effective measure in the prevention of healthcare-associated infections. Hand hygienecompliance is one of the quality indicators of the hospital infection control department.Aim was todetermine the adherence rates of Hand hygiene in different types of healthcare workers& to determinethe compliance of hand hygiene among healthcare workers. A prospective observational study wasconducted by the Department of Microbiology in Gynecology ward in Bharat RatnaAtal Bihari VajpayeeMedical College & Hospital, Pune.Total 21 patient care activities and 69 HH opportunities were observed.Out of 69 opportunities, 21 opportunities performed by doctor, 31 opportunities performed by Nursingstaff and 17 opportunities performed by others. HHTAR for doctors observed was 38.09%. HHTAR forNursing staff was 48.38%. HHTAR for other HCWs was 47.05%. HHCAR for doctors, Nurses and otherswere 19%, 12.9%, 17.6% respectively. HHPAR for doctors, Nursing staff and others were 14.2%, 35.48%,23.52% respectively. Hand Hygiene adherence rates calculated from this HH audit in current study showsthat Healthcare workers should emphasize on proper hand hygiene practices among HCWs.

[学科分类] 工程和技术（综合）

[关键词] Hand Hygiene audit;Infection control practices;Hand hygiene adherence rate.