Impact of health care worker policy awareness on hand hygiene and urinary catheter care in nursing homes: Results of a self-reported survey

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• 作者：Ana Montoya ; MD^a ; ^{amontoya@med.umich.edu} ; Shu Chen ; MS^a ; Andrzej Galecki ; MD ; PhD^a ; ^b ; Sara McNamara ; MPH ; MT(ASCP)^a ; Bonnie Lansing ; LPN^a ; Lona Mody ; MD ; MSc^a ; ^c
• 关键词：Healthcare workers ; Infection prevention
• 刊名：American Journal of Infection Control
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：June, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：41
• 期：6
• 页码：e55-e57
• 全文大小：132 K

文摘

Utilizing a self-administered questionnaire in 440 health care workers (81 % response rate), we evaluated the impact of health care workers policy awareness on hand hygiene and urinary catheter care in nursing homes. We show that health care workers aware of their nursing home policies are more likely to report wearing gloves and practicing hand hygiene as per evidence-based recommendations during urinary catheter care compared with those who are unaware of their facility policies.