Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding environmental cleaning among environmental service workers in Chinese hospitals.
We conducted a study using a face-to-face survey to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices of environmental service workers (ESWs) concerning routine cleaning and disinfection at 3 tertiary hospitals in China. There were 115 (89.1%) respondents who agreed that environmental cleaning can contribute to keep patients safe, whereas 63 (48.8%) reported they were very willing to make cleaning practices better. Only 15 (11.6%) ESWs agreed they were in risk of nosocomial infections during daily cleaning. Our findings suggest that the level of ESWs' knowledge regarding cleaning practices was passable, but the awareness of occupational safety and health was weak. There is a need to introduce sustained education and training aimed at ESWs.
School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Kaiwen
K
Ni
Department of Disinfection Surveillance and Vector Control, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Bingbing
B
Chen
Department of Disinfection Surveillance and Vector Control, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Hui
H
Jin
Department of Disinfection Surveillance and Vector Control, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Qingxin
Q
Kong
Department of Disinfection Surveillance and Vector Control, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Xiaoping
X
Ni
Department of Disinfection Surveillance and Vector Control, Hangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Field Epidemiology Training Program of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China. Electronic address: xuhong-123456@hotmail.com.
Hong
H
Xu
D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004203:Disinfection / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology; D006797:Housekeeping, Hospital / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers
Environmental cleaning; Health care–associated infections; Infection control; Occupational safety