RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Improving Children’s and Their Visitors’ Hand Hygiene Compliance
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 355818
DO 10.1101/355818
A1 D. Lary
A1 A. Calvert
A1 B. Nerlich
A1 J. Segal
A1 N. Vaughan
A1 J. Randle
A1 K. R. Hardie
YR 2018
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/06/28/355818.abstract
AB Background Numerous interventions have tried to improve healthcare workers’ hand hygiene compliance, however little attention has been paid to children’s and their visitors’ compliance.Aim To increase children’s and visitors’ compliance using interactive educational interventions.Methods This was an observational study of hand hygiene compliance before and after the introduction of educational interventions. Qualitative data in the form of Questionnaires and interviews was obtained.Findings Hand hygiene compliance increased by 21.4% (P <0.001) following the educational interventions, with children’s compliance reaching 40.8% and visitors’ being 50.8%. Compliance varied depending on which of the five moments of hygiene was observed (P<0.001), with the highest compliance after body fluid exposure (96%). Responses from questionnaires showed educational interventions raised awareness of the importance of hand hygiene (69%, 57%) compared to those who had not experienced the educational intervention (50%).Conclusion Educational interventions may result in a significant increase in children’s and visitors’ hand hygiene (P <0.001).