• 1. Nursing Department, Beijing Hospital; National Center of Gerontology; Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences; Beijing 100730, P. R. China;
  • 2. Surgical Department, Beijing Hospital; National Center of Gerontology; Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences; Beijing 100730, P. R. China;
  • 3. Infection Control Department, Beijing Hospital; National Center of Gerontology; Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences; Beijing 100730, P. R. China;
  • 4. Department of Medical Management, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230022, P. R. China;
  • 5. Nursing Department, China-Japan Union Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130033, P. R. China;
CAI Meng, Email: caimeng1125@sina.com
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Objective To investigate the hand hygiene status of nursing staff in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) isolation ward, find out the difficulties and problems in hand hygiene implementation, and then put forward scientific and feasible suggestions to improve the compliance of hand hygiene.Methods Self-designed Questionnaire on Hand Hygiene Status of Nursing Staff in COVID-19 Isolation Ward was distributed through the Wenjuanxing, a platform to collect data. The questionnaire, which included general information, knowledge related to hand hygiene, and the status of hand hygiene in isolation ward, was distributed to the nurses working in isolation wards in Wuhan, Hubei Province from March 15th, 2020 to March 22nd, 2020.Results Valid questionnaires were collected from 492 nurses. The difficulty in performing hand hygiene in the isolation ward was ranked ≥level 3 by 248 nurses (50.41%), the degree of which was divided into 10 levels (level 1 was no difficulty, level 10 was the most difficult). A total of 369 participants (75.00%) thought that wearing gloves for hand disinfection would damage the gloves. There were 161 participants who thought that gloves should be changed every 2 hours, accounting for the largest proportion (32.72%); while 226 participants actually changed gloves every 4 hours, accounting for the largest proportion (45.93%).Conclusions The difficulty of performing hand hygiene in isolation ward should be paid attention to. It is recommended to carry out further research on the replacement time of gloves.

Citation: WANG Xia, LIU Chenxia, LIU Juyuan, MA Hongqiu, FU Xin, CAI Meng. Investigation and reflection on the hand hygiene status of nursing staff in coronavirus disease 2019 isolation ward. West China Medical Journal, 2021, 36(3): 316-321. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.202101309 Copy

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