title: [Adherence to the five moments for hand hygiene among intensive care professionals].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the adherence of health professionals of an intensive care unit to the five moments for hand hygiene.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional analytical study with a quantitative approach, based on secondary data from a database of a hospital infection control service at an institution in southern Brazil. A total of 793 observations were analyzed from July to December 2012.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hand washing was not performed in 446 (56.2%) of the observations, and the adherence rate was 43.7%. The greatest adherence to hand hygiene was among the physiotherapists (53.5%) and the lowest adherence was among the nursing staff (29.2%). The indications with the lowest adherence rates to hand hygiene were "before touching the patient" (18.4%) and "before aseptic procedure" (20.9%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We conclude that adherence to hand washing does not comply with the national and international guidelines, especially when we consider the current scenario of growing infections caused by multidrug-resistant microorganisms.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Gravataí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Luccas Melo
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.affiliation: Hospital Dom João Becker, Gravataí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maríndia Fernandes
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitário, Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Evelin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Santos da Silva Becker
authors.affiliation: Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Gravataí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Lisiani Celina
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: da Silva Meirelles
authors.affiliation: Grupo Fleury, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Suzana Aparecida Oliveira
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Monteiro
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006235:Hand Disinfection / Q000592:standards*; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans