Objective: Describe the current status of compliance with surgical hand hygiene procedures of medical staff at the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Thu Duc City Hospital in 2023.
Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study design, indirect observation of 258 surgical hand hygiene sessions through 4 hospital surveillance cameras in the Administration Department.
Results: The rate of compliance with all steps in the surgical hand hygiene process was 84.1%, compliance with the surgical cleaning time was 67.1%, and compliance with the correct surgical hand hygiene technique was 67.1%. 50.4%. Compliance with general surgical hand hygiene was 38.0%. The likelihood that the overall compliance rate in the type 1 surgery group, especially (26.3%), is higher than in the type 2 surgery group or less (53.1%) with an OR of 2.49 (p<0.05).
Conclusion: It is necessary to strengthen training and supervision of hand hygiene compliance at hospitals in general.