Time pressure is one of the biggest reported barriers to hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
Of 123 healthcare workers in a Thai hospital, compliance with the World Health Organization's "five moments" of hand hygiene was 23.2 percent by direct observation and 82.4 percent by self report. In a survey, the participants identified 11 barriers to compliance: • I hurry/emergent patient conditions — 45.5 percent • I don't see any dirt/I think it's not dirty — 24.4 percent • I forget — 19.5 percent • I'm busy/too many patients — 15.4 percent • It is inconvenient — 13.8 percent • I don't care — 8.1 percent • I'm lazy — 5.7 percent • I wear gloves/no direct contact with patients — 4.9 percent • There are adverse effects of soap/cleanser — 4.9 percent • It wastes time — 4.1 percent • My hands are clean — 2.4 percent These reasons may help guide future hand hygiene interventions, according to the study. More Articles on Hand Hygiene:Study: Only 23.2% Compliance Rate With WHO's 5 Moments of Hand Hygiene5 Factors Associated With High Hand Hygiene Compliance How to Maintain More Than 85%... |
