Department of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia.
Afr Health Sci. 2022 Sep;22(3):710-717. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v22i3.76.
Hand hygiene is a simple and effective practice that helps to reduce the spread of hospital-acquired infections. However, health care professionals' adherence to hand hygiene guidelines is low. The purpose of this study is to evaluate hand hygiene practices among Jordanian nurses working in hospitals.
The standardized version of the World Health Organization (WHO) questionnaire was given to Jordanian nurses from two hospitals in Amman.
The response rate was 76 percent, with 173 nurses contacted to enroll 226 participants. According to the study, 65.5 percent (113) of the participants have a good practice hand hygiene, while 11 percent (19) practiced poor hand hygiene. The percentage of female participants who practiced good hand hygiene was found to be significantly higher (70 percent) than the percentage of male participants (30 percent).
To improve compliance with hand hygiene practices, male nurses and nurses working in the department of internal medicine and pediatrics need in-service educational intervention. Posters and other visual aids emphasizing the importance of hand hygiene should be displayed in all departments to raise awareness of the importance of hand hygiene among nurses.
手部卫生是一种简单而有效的做法，可以帮助减少医院获得性感染的传播。然而，卫生保健专业人员遵守手部卫生指南的情况并不理想。本研究旨在评估在约旦安曼的两家医院工作的约旦护士的手部卫生实践情况。
向来自两家安曼医院的约旦护士发放了世界卫生组织（WHO）标准化问卷。
回复率为 76%，联系了 173 名护士以招募 226 名参与者。根据研究，65.5%（113 人）的参与者手部卫生实践良好，而 11%（19 人）的参与者手部卫生实践较差。实践良好手部卫生的女性参与者比例（70%）明显高于男性参与者（30%）。
为了提高手部卫生实践的依从性，需要对男护士和内科及儿科部门的护士进行在职教育干预。应在所有部门张贴海报和其他视觉辅助工具，强调手部卫生的重要性，以提高护士对手部卫生重要性的认识。
