Table 3 Healthcare workers' and parents' perceptions of the effectiveness of measures for improving hand hygiene; number and proportion of answers with scores ≥ 6
From: Healthcare workers' and parents' perceptions of measures for improving adherence to hand-hygiene
Health Care Workers | Caregivers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | % (95%CI) | No | % (95%CI) | ||
Leaders and senior managers support and openly promote hand hygiene | 85/137 | 62.0 (53.7-69.9) | Physicians support and openly promote hand hygiene | 164/231 | 71.0 (64.9-76.6) |
Alcohol-based handrub always available at each point of care | 117/138 | 84.8 (78.0-90.1) | Alcohol-based handrub always available at each point of care | 205/233 | 87.9 (83.3-91.7) |
Hand-hygiene posters are displayed at point of care as reminders | 101/138 | 73.7 (65.9-80.6) | Hand-hygiene posters are displayed at point of care as reminders | 190/234 | 81.2 (75.8-85.8) |
Each healthcare worker receives education on hand hygiene | 107/138 | 77.5 (70.0-83.9) | Each parent/caregiver receives information on hand hygiene | 155/232 | 66.8 (60.6-72.6) |
Clear and simple instructions for hand hygiene are made visible for every healthcare worker | 105/138 | 76.1 (68.4-82.6) | Clear and simple instructions for hand hygiene are made visible for every parent/caregiver | 161/233 | 69.1 (62.9-74.8) |
Patients/parents are invited to remind healthcare workers to perform hand hygiene | 66/135 | 48.9 (40.5-57.3) | Patients/parents are invited to remind healthcare workers to perform hand hygiene | 126/226 | 55.7 (49.2-62.1) |
Healthcare workers regularly receive feedback on their hand hygiene performance | 86/138 | 62.3 (54.0-70.1) | |||
You always perform hand hygiene as recommended (being a good example for your colleagues) | 96/135 | 71.1 (63.0-78.3) | |||