Handwashing habit of intensive care workers
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Tarih
2008
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Turkish Assoc Trauma Emergency Surgery
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the habit of handwashing among health care workers in the intensive care unit of hospitals' general surgery department. METHODS Potential handwashing opportunities were detected and observations were recorded. Handwashing habit of health care workers was monitored for over 17 10 min., during 3 0 min. observation periods. RESULTS In this study which had 17 10 minutes of observation period, the overall habit of handwashing of the medical staff was 23%. Compliance among physicians, nurses and other health care workers were 12%, 34% and 19% respectively (P<0.05). CONCLUSION The handwashing habit of healthcare workers in our unit is unacceptably low. We believe that introduction of social pressure models will help to improve handwashing awareness of the health care worker.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
attitude of health personnel, cross infection/diagnosis, handwashing, nosocomial infections, intensive care
Kaynak
Ulusal Travma Ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi-Turkish Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery
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N/A
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Cilt
14
Sayı
2
