title: Impact of health care worker policy awareness on hand hygiene and urinary catheter care in nursing homes: results of a self-reported survey.
abstract: Utilizing a self-administered questionnaire in 440 health care workers (81% response rate), we evaluated the impact of health care workers policy awareness on hand hygiene and urinary catheter care in nursing homes. We show that health care workers aware of their nursing home policies are more likely to report wearing gloves and practicing hand hygiene as per evidence-based recommendations during urinary catheter care compared with those who are unaware of their facility policies.
authors.affiliation: Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5796, USA. amontoya@med.umich.edu
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Montoya
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galecki
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McNamara
authors.forename: Bonnie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lansing
authors.forename: Lona
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mody
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017575:Gloves, Protective; D063373:Hand Hygiene; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006291:Health Policy; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D008824:Michigan; D009726:Nurses; D009728:Nursing Assistants; D009735:Nursing Homes; D057566:Self Report; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000451:nursing*