The situation of routine hand hygiene compliance of health workers at Cu Jut Medical Center, Dak Nong district and some influencing factors in 2020

Abstract

Background: Hand hygiene is a great way to ensure safety for health staff and prevent infections in hospital. Objective: The study aimed to determine the rate of compliance with routine hand hygiene and to analyze some factors affecting hand hygiene compliance routine of medical staff. Method: A study that describes a cross-sectional study, a study that combines both quantitative and qualitative methods through the observation by a checklist of 92 health-care workers who perform a procedure on 368 hand-hygiene opportunities and gather information through burns. interviewed 92 medical staff, conducted 04 in-depth interviews and 02 group discussions, and collected from March to the end of June 2020. Research Using Epidata 3.1 software to input data and manage data; Stata 14.0 software for data analysis. Results show that the percentage of health staffs who complied with routine hand hygiene was 14.13%, and the knowledge and attitudes of hospital staffs were related to routine hand hygiene compliance, with p<0.05. Inspection and supervision, regulations on emulation and commendation; training and accessibility solutions were related withhand hygiene of health staffs. Conclusion: Hospital staffs' hand hygiene compliance rate was relatively low, which was related to knowledge and attitudes.