The effect of hand hygiene audit in COVID intensive care units in a tertiary care hospital in South India - 24/09/21
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Abstract |
Background |
In the era of COVID-19 pandemic, there is an upsurge of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in COVID intensive care units (ICUs), which can be reduced by following proper hand hygiene (HH) practice. Performing HH auditing in COVID ICU and providing timely feedback to the stake holders is crucial to reduce HAIs.
Methods |
From November 2020- April 2021, HH audit was conducted in COVID ICUs. HH complete adherence rate (HHCAR), HH partial adherence rate (HHPAR) and HH total adherence rate (HHTAR) were analyzed. Profession-specific HHTAR and moment-specific HHTAR (for each WHO moment) were also calculated.
Results |
HHCAR, HHPAR and HHTAR were found as 30.8%, 34.5% and 65.3% respectively. There was a significant increase in the monthly HHTAR from 26.7% to 68.4% (P < .001). The profession-specific HHAR was found to be highest among doctors (67.5%) and nurses (66.4%). As the HHTAR increases there is a significant decrease in device associated infection (DAI) rate from 24.7 to 11.5 per 1,000 device days.
Conclusions |
Auditing HH and providing timely feedback significantly improved HH compliance. The need of the hour is to regularly conduct HH audit in COVID locations of all healthcare facilities to reduce HAI rate among the COVID- 19 infected patients in ICUs.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Key Words : Hand hygiene complete adherence rate, Hand hygiene partial adherence rate, Device-associated infections, COVID
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Vol 49 - N° 10
P. 1247-1251 - octobre 2021 Retour au numéro
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