From: Healthcare workers' and parents' perceptions of measures for improving adherence to hand-hygiene
Healthcare Workers | Parents | ||||
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No | % (95%CI) | No | % (95%CI) | ||
Impact of HAIs on patient outcome (high/very high) | 114/132 | 86.4 (79.7-91.4) | Risk of acquiring an HAI (high/very high) | 159/234 | 67.9 (61.8-73.7) |
Hand hygiene effectiveness in preventing HAIs (high/very high) | 135/138 | 97.8 (94.2-99.4) | Hand-hygiene effectiveness in preventing HAIs (high/very high) | 209/232 | 90.1 (85.7-93.5) |
Importance in the ward of hand hygiene with respect to all patient safety issues (high/very high) | 136/138 | 98.5 (95.3-99.8) | Importance of hand hygiene for healthcare safety (high/very high) | 230/235 | 97.9 (95.3-99.2) |
Importance that the head of the ward places on the fact that HCWs perform optimal hand hygiene (high/very high) | 94/135 | 69.6 (61.5-76.9) | Importance that the head of the ward places on the fact that parents perform optimal hand hygiene (high/very high) | 138/226 | 61.1 (54.6-67.3) |
Effort required to perform good hand hygiene when caring for patients (high/very high) | 82/137 | 59.8 (51.5-67.8) | Effort required to perform good hand hygiene (high/very high) | 154/233 | 66.1 (59.8-72.0) |