Effectiveness of hand‐washing teaching programs for families of children in paediatric intensive care units

Abstract

The education program is a simple, low-cost, low technology intervention for substantially reducing the incidence of nosocomial infection.

An observational study of hand hygiene compliance in paediatric wards

“…As nurses have been considered facilitators of care, whereas parents are seen as the ‘doers’ of care (Coyne & Cowley 2007) it makes sense to involve parents in increasing hand hygiene compliance. Accordingly, Chen and Chiang (2007) implemented a video‐centred teaching programme aimed at parents to increase their hand hygiene compliance in a paediatric intensive care unit, which resulted in higher compliance.…”

“…2010) of hand hygiene compliance studies conducted in hospitals concluded that non‐compliance is a universal problem. As hand hygiene compliance is associated with healthcare‐associated infections (HCAIs) (Chen & Chiang 2007), this remains a cause for concern. However, although hand hygiene compliance is a relatively easy physical task and is also cheap, it appears that compliance to guidelines is complex and is dependent on behavioural determinants.…”

Systematic review of the effectiveness of strategies to encourage patients to remind healthcare professionals about their hand hygiene

“…Limited research has been conducted on strategies to encourage patients to wash their own hands more often 103e107 or persuade family/friends to wash their hands. 108 Strategies encouraging patients to ask HCPs about their HH could therefore usefully target patients' (and families') hand sanitation practices.…”

Patient Empowerment and Multimodal Hand Hygiene Promotion: A Win-Win Strategy

“…30 Chen and Chiang compared the use of a hand hygiene video and illustrated posters to teach hand hygiene to parents of pediatric intensive care patients and to empower them about their role in hand hygiene. 31 They reported a steady sustained increase in parents' compliance and empowerment using both educational strategies. These results were attributed to a strong motivation to protect their child.…”