title: Practices of skin care among nurses in medical and surgical intensive care units: results of a self-administered questionnaire.
abstract: Dermatitis of hands is a problem among nurses. The aim of this prospective questionnaire based survey was to analyze practice and knowledge of skin care of medical and surgical nurses. 250 questionnaires were distributed. 49% of respondent stated that they perform skin care at least 1-2 times/day. After hand-wash 15% of participants perform skin protection, after hand-disinfection only 2%. 40% give skin care products less than 3 minutes to be applied. It was shown that this knowledge is lacking in many individuals, leading to wrong behavior at work and insufficient use of skin protection and skin care products.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Große-Schütte
authors.forename: Ojan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Assadian
authors.forename: Nils-Olaf
authors.initials: NO
authors.lastname: Hübner
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Löffler
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kramer