Effectiveness of Hand Hygiene Education in a Basic Nursing School Curricula

Kelčíková, Simona; Škodová, Zuzana; Straka, S

doi:10.1111/j.1525-1446.2011.00985.x

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“…This situation intensifies the need for a comprehensive curriculum to be introduced early in the training of health sciences students to incorporate prevention and control of infectious diseases. Hand hygiene is an important healthcare issue globally and is the single most cost-effective and practical measure to reduce the incidence of healthcare-associated infection and the spread of antimicrobial resistance across all settings from advanced health care systems to primary healthcare centers as well as to health workers 7,8 .…”

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Knowledge and attitudes of infection prevention and control among health sciences students at University of Namibia

2014

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Background: Health Sciences students are exposed early to hospitals and to activities which increase their risk of acquiring infections. Infection control practices are geared towards reduction of occurrence and transmission of infectious diseases. Objective: To evaluate knowledge and attitudes of infection prevention and control among Health Science students at University of Namibia. Methods: To assess students' knowledge and attitudes regarding infection prevention and control and their sources of information, a self-administered questionnaire was used to look at standard precautions especially hands hygiene. Results: One hundred sixty two students participated in this study of which 31 were medical, 17 were radiography and 114 were nursing students. Medical students had better overall scores (73%) compared to nursing students (66%) and radiology students (61%). There was no significant difference in scores between sexes or location of the high school being either in rural or urban setting. Conclusion: Serious efforts are needed to improve or review curriculum so that health sciences students' knowledge on infection prevention and control is imparted early before they are introduced to the wards.

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Knowledge and attitudes of infection prevention and control among health sciences students at University of Namibia

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“…Therefore, the nursing school curriculum in educational institutions in Kosovo must be enriched and updated with WHO materials about HH. An effective educational program, in the context of formal training and the nursing school curriculum, is very important due to the fact that the poor knowledge and low HH practical skills among students may have a significant negative impact in the HH compliance later in their daily clinical work (Kelcíkova et al, 2012). Similar to this study, Huang et al, (2012) assessed the impact of an educational program and found a significant increase of knowledge (p <0.001) but for a longer period of time (4 months) and with two groups (experimental and control).…”

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“…One of the WHO multimodal strategies to increase awareness and knowledge about HH is the training about HH understanding and practices (WHO, 2009). Numerous authors have conducted studies to assess the HH knowledge of undergraduate students and their level of knowledge was rather low (Nair et al, 2014;Van de Mortel et al, 2010;Herbert et al, 2013;Feather et al, 2000;Thakker&Jadhav, 2015;Garcia-Zapata et al, 2009;Kelcíkova et al, 2012). Therefore, the inclusion of HH in the undergraduate curriculum is considered an emergency issue (Chatterjee et al, 2015).…”

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Hand Hygiene Training and Its Impact on the Knowledge of Undergraduate Nursing Students in Kosovo

Sopjani¹,

Jahn²,

Behrens³

2017

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Background: Hand hygiene (HH) performing is a must in health care settings because it affects the human lives. Health Care Workers (HCW) must be aware and be trained continuously as regards hand hygiene. Aim:The aim of this article was to evaluate and compare the knowledge before and after an educational training of undergraduate nursing students at an educational institution in Pristine, Kosovo. Methods:A pre-post survey was conducted in February 2016 at an educational institution in Pristine, Kosovo. The World Health Organization (WHO) questionnaire for hand hygiene knowledge of Health Care Workers (HCW) was used to collect the data.Results: From a total of 100 students, only 13 (13 %) were men and 87 (87%) were women. Their ages ranged between 18-23 years old. Only 55 (55 %) had poor knowledge level, 42 (42%) had moderate knowledge level and only 3 (3%) had good knowledge about HH practices before the training and after the training only 1 (1%) participant was found with poor knowledge, 61 (61%) moderate knowledge and 38 (38 %) good knowledge. The training had a significant impact on the acquisition of HH' knowledge. This was shown by the significant difference between the total points before and after the training (p <0.001). Conclucion:The training should be done consistently and be part of the nursing school curriculum, maintaining a satisfactory level of knowledge about hand hygiene as these students in a near future will face with Hand Hygiene (HH) issues in their daily clinical work.

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“…En este sentido, una adecuada formación tanto en las etapas pregrado 19 , como en la etapa profesional 20 , a través de intervenciones formativas específicas, se presenta igualmente como un medio de intervención eficaz. De hecho, muchos de estos estudios han evidenciado el impacto positivo de la formación en higiene de las manos, tanto en los conocimientos y las percepciones de los profesionales sanitarios 14,17,21 , como en su adecuación a los estándares y prácticas seguras 17,22,23 .…”

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El objetivo fue analizar los conocimientos sobre la higiene de las manos de los profesionales del Sistema Sanitario Público Andaluz (España). Estudio mediante encuestas en 2011, utilizando el Hand Hygiene Knowledge Questionnaire for Health-Care Workers con la técnica de análisis de clases latentes. La media de respuestas correctas fue de 17,51 ± 3,68. Las preguntas con porcentajes de respuestas correctas más bajos son las referidas a la prevención, mediante la higiene de las manos, de la transmisión de microorganismos después de la exposición al paciente y aquellas relacionadas con la utilización de preparados de base alcohólica. Se obtuvo un modelo de 7 clases latentes. Principales diferencias socio-demográficas: los profesionales con conocimientos más bajos suelen ser hombres, jóvenes y no sanitarios; el haber recibido formación previa no discrimina a los que presentan excelentes conocimientos. Concluimos que la revisión de los programas de formación en higiene de las manos es necesaria para mejorar los conocimientos sobre aspectos conceptuales de la transmisión de microorganismos a través de las manos.

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Effectiveness of Hand Hygiene Education in a Basic Nursing School Curricula

Cited by 66 publications

References 27 publications

Knowledge and attitudes of infection prevention and control among health sciences students at University of Namibia

Knowledge and attitudes of infection prevention and control among health sciences students at University of Namibia

Hand Hygiene Training and Its Impact on the Knowledge of Undergraduate Nursing Students in Kosovo

Higiene de las manos: conocimientos de los profesionales y áreas de mejora

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