Impact of COVID-19 on the degree of compliance with hand hygiene: a repeated Cross-sectional study
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Título: | Impact of COVID-19 on the degree of compliance with hand hygiene: a repeated Cross-sectional study |
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Autor/es: | Guerrero-Soler, María | Gras-Valentí, Paula | Gómez-Sotero, Isel L. | Platas-Abenza, Guillermo | Silva-Afonso, Raissa de Fatima | Benito-Miralles, Carmen M. | Fuster-Pérez, Marina | Cartagena-Llopis, Lidia | Sánchez-Valero, María | Sánchez-Payá, José | Chico-Sánchez, Pablo |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Salud Pública |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Enfermería Comunitaria, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública e Historia de la Ciencia |
Palabras clave: | Healthcare associated infections | Hand hygiene | Degree of compliance | Health personnel | SARS-CoV-2 |
Fecha de publicación: | 1-abr-2024 |
Editor: | Cambridge University Press |
Cita bibliográfica: | Epidemiology & Infection. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268824000505 |
Resumen: | Hand hygiene (HH) is the paramount measure used to prevent healthcare associated infections. A repeated cross-sectional study was undertaken with direct observation of the degree of compliance on HH of healthcare personnel during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Between, 2018-2019, 9,083 HH opportunities were considered, and 5,821 in 2020-2022. Chi squared tests were used to identify associations. The crude and adjusted odds ratios were used along with a logistic regression model for statistical analyses. Compliance on HH increased significantly (p < 0.001) from 54.5% (95% CI: 53.5, 55.5) to 70.1% (95% CI: 68.9, 71.2) during the COVID-19 pandemic. This increase was observed in four of the five key moments of HH established by the World Health Organization (WHO) (p<0.05), except at moment 4. The factors that were significantly and independently associated with compliance were the time period considered, type of healthcare-personnel, attendance at training sessions, knowledge of HH and WHO guidelines, and availability of hand disinfectant alcoholic solution in pocket format. Highest HH compliance occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, reflecting a positive change in healthcare-personnel’s behavior regarding HH recommendations. |
Patrocinador/es: | We received funding through the Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL) plan for scientific and technical research and innovation project number 2021-0392. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/142258 |
ISSN: | 0950-2688 (Print) | 1469-4409 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1017/S0950268824000505 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is unaltered and is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use or in order to create a derivative work. |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268824000505 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - SP - Artículos de Revistas |
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