Japan Medical Association Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan; Center for Infectious Disease Education and Research, Osaka University (CiDER), Osaka, Japan.
Center for Infectious Disease Education and Research, Osaka University (CiDER), Osaka, Japan; Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
Am J Infect Control. 2023 Sep;51(9):975-979. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2023.03.001. Epub 2023 Mar 9.
There is limited data to support the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hand hygiene compliance among hospital visitors.
We monitored hand hygiene compliance among university hospital visitors in Osaka, Japan by direct observation, from December 2019 to March 2022. During this time, we measured the amount of coverage time dedicated to COVID-19 related news on the local public television channel and the number of confirmed cases and deaths.
Over 148 days, 111,071 visitors hand hygiene compliance was monitored. The baseline compliance was 5.3% (213 of 4,026) in December 2019. From late January 2020, compliance rose significantly to almost 70% in August 2020. It remained at a level of 70%-75% until October 2021, after which, the compliance slowly declined to the mid-60% range. The number of newly confirmed cases and deaths were not related to the change in compliance, but the association between the on-air time of COVID-19-related news and compliance was statistically significant.
Hand hygiene compliance dramatically increased following the COVID-19 pandemic. The role of television in increasing hand hygiene compliance was significant.
关于 COVID-19 大流行对医院访客手卫生依从性的影响，相关数据有限。
我们通过直接观察，从 2019 年 12 月至 2022 年 3 月，监测了日本大阪大学医院访客的手卫生依从性。在此期间，我们测量了当地公共电视频道上 COVID-19 相关新闻的覆盖时间以及确诊病例和死亡人数。
在 148 天内，我们监测了 111,071 名访客的手卫生依从性。2019 年 12 月的基线依从率为 5.3%（213/4,026）。从 2020 年 1 月下旬开始，依从率显著上升，到 2020 年 8 月几乎达到 70%。直到 2021 年 10 月，它一直保持在 70%-75%的水平，之后，依从率缓慢下降到 60%左右。新确诊病例和死亡人数与依从率的变化无关，但 COVID-19 相关新闻播出时间与依从率之间的关联具有统计学意义。
COVID-19 大流行后，手卫生依从性显著增加。电视在提高手卫生依从性方面发挥了重要作用。
