Knowledge and Practices of Hand Washing and Glove Utiliz ation Among the Health Care Providers of Shenen Gibe Hospital, South West Ethiopia

Abstract

Background Nosocomial or Hospital Acquired infections-Is an infection that is neither present nor incubating at the time the patient came to the health care facility(hospital). Nosocomial refers to the association between care and the subsequent onset of infection. To prevents this infection open hand washing and glove utilization practice is simple and an important method. Objectives: To investigate the knowledge and practice of hand washing and glove utilization among the health care workers of Shenen Gibe Hospital. Method: Acrosssectional study design was used to investigate the knowledge and practice of hand washing and glove utilization among the health care provider of Shenen Gibe Hospital. A structured selfadministered pre-tested questionnaire was used for all 47 health professionals by Universal sampling techniques. Results: All the 47 staffs have responded to the questionnaire and the distribution of the staff was: 7(14.8%) physicians, 3(6.4%) were BSc Nurses, 21(44.8%) was clinical nurse, 8(17%) were mid wifery nurse, 5(10.6%) labtech. and the rest were anesthetist 3(6.4%). From this 15 (31.9%) were males and 32(68.1%) were females. From 47 respondents, 39(82.97%) and 32(68.08%) of them have adequate knowledge and practice of hand washing and glove utilization respectively. From the total of 47 respondents, 24(51%) of them have complied with the recommended procedures of hand washing and glove utilization, while 23(49%) of them did not comply. Conclusion and Recommendation: Majority of the study subjects have adequate knowledge and practice about hand washing and glove utilization. Most of the respondents were compiled with the recommended procedures of hand washing and glove utilization. Regular practice of hand washing and glove utilization requires regular supplies like soap, water, dry &clean to well and acceptable glove depending on the type of procedure to perform at all time. Therefore oromia health bureau should facilitate these facilities in the hospital wards. The hospital authorities are urged to post the general guidelines for the staff a teach hand washing sites.

Knowledge and Practices of Hand Washing among Health Professionals in Dubti Referral Hospital, Dubti, Afar, Northeast Ethiopia

“…This finding was lower than that in the study conducted at Bahir Dar City Administration Health Institutions, which was about 50.8%. But the overall of hand washing practice of this study finding was relatively similar to a study conducted in Bahir Dar City Administration [12], Shenen Gibe Hospital [13], and Southwest Nigeria Tertiary Hospital [14], which was 69%, 68.8%, and 69.9%, respectively. However, it was higher than a study conducted in Sri Lanka which showed that only 10% had overall good practices, while 27% had moderate practices and majority (62.5%) were seen to have poor hand hygiene practices [15].…”

“…In this study, out of 91 health professionals, 60 (65.93%) were knowledgeable and 31 (34.07%) were not knowledgeable. This result was lower than the result of a study done at Shenen Gibe Hospital, Southeast Ethiopia, in which 82.9% had good knowledge and 17.1% had poor knowledge [13], and comparable with the study done at Jimma University Hospital on hand washing among nursing staffs in which 71.6% had good knowledge while the rest 28.4% had poor knowledge [11]. This might be due to the time gap, homogeneity of the study participants, and status of the hospital.…”

“…A study conducted in Shenen Gibe Hospital in Southwest Ethiopia showed that 68.8% had adequate practice and 82.97% were knowledgeable about hand washing [13].…”

Assessment of Hand-Washing Knowledge and Practice among Nursing Undergraduates in Saudi Arabia

“…Most of the participants in the present study (83.2%) said that they wash their hands before and after contact with patients. This finding was higher than those of previous studies conducted in Ethiopia [ 1 , 15 , 31 , 32 ], Nigeria [ 14 , 33 ], Sri Lanka [ 34 ], and Saudi Arabia [ 19 ]. Other international studies reported moderate hand washing practice [ 27 , 35 ] and addressed the importance of hand washing among different populations [ 22 , 27 ].…”