Investigation Of Hand Hygiene Of Nurses In A General Hospital

There is a close relationship between hand hygiene of health-care workers and nosocomial infections. The compliance with hand hygiene among health-care workers is a hot topic in the medical fields globally. Because nurses contact patients more than other health-care workers, whether or not patients can get safe and effective health care greatly depends on hand hygiene of nurses.Objective1. To identify the compliance with hand hygiene of the nurses in a general hospital.2. To confirm the knowledge about hand hygiene of the nurses.3. To analyze the factors which influence the compliance with hand hygiene of the nurses.4. To analyze the relationship between the knowledge about hand hygiene and the rate of compliance with hand hygiene of the nurses.Subject and MethodsA cross-sectional study was applied to investigate the compliance and the knowledge among 177 randomized nurses in a general hospital. The observational tool of the hand hygiene was used to identify the compliance with hand hygiene of the nurses. The questionnaire about hand hygiene was used to...