THE RESEARCH OF THE STATUS OF HAND HYGIENE COMPLIANCE AMONG STAFF IN ACTIVE ANTIPOOXICICURATOR DEPARTMENT IN LAM DONG II HOSPITAL IN 2019
Main Article Content
Abstract
The research was carried out at Lam Dong II Hospital with a scale of 450 beds with the task of solving emergencies, providing medical examination and treatment for staff and people in 3 districts:
Bao Loc, Da Huoai, and Di Linh. At the Intensive Care Unit - Anti-poison Department, Lam Dong II Hospital, patients have to undergo invasive procedures such as endotracheal intubation, mechanical
ventilation, and the risk of hospital-acquired pneumonia is very high. To prevent people from risk, hand hygiene VST in patient care is a very important factor. The research analysis solves actual public health problems at Lam Dong II hospital with two main objectives: (1) Describe the current situation of routine hand hygiene of staff at the Intensive Care Unit - Anti-poison Department, Lam Dong II Hospital; (2) Proposing solutions to increase the hand hygiene rate among staff at the Intensive Care Unit - Anti-poison Department, Lam Dong II Hospital. Statistics show that the VST compliance rate of nurses at the Intensive Care Unit - Anti-poison Department is higher than that of doctors, nurses, the percentage of medical staff performing VST
with quick hand sanitizer (71.8%) higher than the practice of washing hands with soap and water (28.2%), the survey results of 20 health workers showed that the knowledge about VST of the medical
staff at the department meets the requirements of knowledge from 60% and above
Article Details
Keywords
Hand hygiene, routine hand washing, Lam Dong II Hospital