Hand hygiene knowledge, perception and practice of healthcare workers in a Turkish university hospital intensive care unit

Sili U., Ay P., Bilgin H., Hidiroğlu S., Korten V.

JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, vol.13, no.8, pp.744-749, 2019 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 13 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.3855/jidc.10916
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.744-749
  • Keywords: Hand hygiene compliance, quantitative study, healthcare-associated infections, intensive care unit
  • Marmara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: While improvement of hand hygiene (HH) compliance is considered as the best approach to reduce healthcare-associated infections, the instructional interventions in HH among healthcare workers of intensive care unit (ICU) of our hospital was not successful enough. The following study was conducted to evaluate HH knowledge, perception, practice and effectiveness of the trainings among healthcare workers of ICU in our hospital.