Abstract
Objective: We aimed to assess the compliance with hand hygiene rules in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of the Ankara Hematology Oncology Pediatric Research and Education Hospital.
Material and Methods: In this study 1-hour visits were made during working hours between September 03 and September 28, 2012. Observed contacts were categorized according to professions, gender, whether contacts were invasive or superficial, and assessed according to compliance with hand hygiene rules before and after patient contact, during patient to patient transfer, and before and after glove wearing.
Results: During the study period, 1126 contacts (863 superficial, 263 invasive) were evaluated and a rate of 8.8% was noted for compliance with hand hygiene rules. The ratio of glove changing from patient to patient was found to be 44%. When compliance with hand hygiene rules was assessed according to professions, the highest compliance rate was found in nurses at 75%, followed by attending physicians at 20%, and residents at 5%.
Conclusion: Compliance with hand hygiene rules was poor in our hospital. It is thought that improvements in hospital facilities and personnel education together with surveillance of hand hygiene compliance and feedback could be help increase hand hygiene practice rates
Keywords: Hand hygiene, Nosocomial infection, Pediatric intensive care unit
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