Hand hygiene compliance before and after wearing gloves among intensive care unit nurses in Iran.
Nosocomial infections are considered a major risk factor in hospital wards, and hand hygiene is the first step in their control. An observational study was conducted in 2015 with 200 nurses working in intensive care units in teaching hospitals of Tabriz, Iran. Data were collected by using the Hand Hygiene Observation Tool questionnaire. The researchers monitored nurses' opportunities for hand hygiene during the 8-week period from February 3-April 4, 2015. A total of 1,067 opportunities occurred for hand hygiene before and after wearing gloves. The results show that hand hygiene compliance before wearing gloves is poor among nurses who work in intensive care units (14.8%). Therefore it is necessary to conduct effective interventions through continuing education programs to improve hand hygiene compliance.
Metabolic Diseases Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
Azam
A
Ghorbani
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
Leila
L
Sadeghi
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
Akram
A
Shahrokhi
Faculty of Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Asghar
A
Mohammadpour
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Mary
M
Addo
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Electronic address: esmailkhodadadi11@gmail.com.
Esmail
E
Khodadadi
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D063373:Hand Hygiene / Q000379:methods*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses
Nosocomial infection