Hand hygiene management among nurses: collective health challenges

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OBJECTIVE: To describe the determining factors in hand hygiene management among nurses and identify associated collective health challenges. METHOD: Cross-sectional descriptive study. Data were collected using a questionnaire that was applied in four internal medicine units of a hospital of reference in Portugal. RESULTS: The sample was composed of 50 nurses aged 26 to 55 years (mean age of 34.88 years); 80% were women, 58% had a Bachelor's degree, and had 5-30 years of nursing practice (X̄ =11.94;±5.92). The vast majority of nurses (90%) reported complying with the existing recommendations on hand hygiene in pre-established moments. However, none of the nurses were able to identify all the moments for hand hygiene using water and soap or alcohol-based handrub. CONCLUSION: This study shows that continuous training, adequate materials/structures in the units, and redesigned administration/supervision practices are determining factors to achieve higher levels of adherence to hand hygiene among nurses, as well as increased quality and safety in care delivery, which is a current collective health challenge.

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Graveto, J. M., Santos, C., Costa, P. S., Fernandes, E., Alarico, S., Osório, N., … Oliveira, V. (2018). Hand hygiene management among nurses: collective health challenges. Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 71, 562–567. https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0538

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