INVESTIGATION ON THE MEDICAL STAFF HAND HYGIENE IN COMPREHENSIVE ICU

Objective To know the current status of hand hygiene of medical personnel in comprehensive ICU and the influencing factors of hand hygiene.Methods Questionnaires and on-site observations were used to investigate the knowledge and compliance of hand hygiene of medical personnel in the authors' hospital.Results Parts of the medical personnel have ambiguous understandings of hand hygiene,but they are well aware of hand hygiene indicators and adopt good hand wash methods.96% of medical personnel regard hand hygiene important.The habitual hand hygiene methods of 90% of medical personnel is washing hands,while of 10% is using quick hand disinfectant.Factors influencing hand hygiene compliance are heavy workload,frequent hand-wash,afraid of damage on skin,inconvenience hand-washing facilities etc.Conclusions Medical personnel in ICU have insufficient hand hygiene knowledge.We should strengthen the educatation to medical personnel and raise their awareness in hand hygiene.