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Operating Room Hand Hygiene Practices : Are Patients Really Safe? An Observational Study

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Health care providers (HCP) who work in the operating room (OR) or post anesthesia care unit (PACU) have a greater opportunity to cross contaminate patients because of high workloads and frequent patient contact events. The current prevalence of health care-associated infections (HCAI) is a major health concern and patient contact in the OR and PACU can be a contributing factor due to microbial contamination. Methods: An observational study was conducted on the hand hygiene (HH) compliance of HCP working in the OR and PACU of a tertiary health-care facility in Saudi Arabia. The participants in the study comprised of surgeons, anesthetists, and circulating and PACU nurses. The observations and data
collection were performed by two OR and PACU clinical resource nurses, who had been trained by the infection control and prevention department. Results: The study included 2300 opportunities for HH compliance and observed 200 nurses, 100 surgeons and 100 anesthetists. HH compliance in the OR and PACU was highest among nurses;> 90% and lowest among physicians, surgeons< 70%; followed by anesthetists< 50%. Conclusion: Adherence to HH guidelines by OR and PACU nurses was acceptably higher than anesthetists and surgeons.

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Series Title

The Malaysian Journal of Nursing, October 2018 Vol. 10 Issue 2

Call Number

(05) 610.5 LIN t

Publisher

Malaysia : Lincoln University College., 2018

Collation

Hlm. 43-51

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

2231-7007

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(05) 610.5 LIN t

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Vol. 10 Issue 2

Subject(s)

Hand hygiene
Operating Room
Patients Safety

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