Knowledge, attitudes and practices of hand hygiene among Pakistani health professionals: A cross-sectional study

Salman, Muhammad; Raza, Muhammad Hussnain; Mustafa, Zia Ul; Shrestha, Surendra Lal; Ali, M Mirmohammad; Faham, Hanzalah; Asif, Noman; Shehzadi, Naureen; Hussain, Khalid

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“…An overall knowledge score was evaluated by calculating the total percentages (each counts one point; possible answers ranged from 0-37) of correct answers for the HH conceptbased questions. Knowledge/awareness score ≥ 75% was considered good knowledge, 50%-74% moderate knowledge, and < 50% as poor knowledge (Nair et al, 2014;Maheshwari et al, 2014;Salman et al, 2018). Chi-square (χ 2 ) was used to determine possible association between variables and the awareness/knowledge about HH.…”

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“…Nowadays, zoonotic multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) are the commonest causes of HCAIs in human and veterinary healthcare settings (Anderson, 2015). These organisms often colonize animal patients (especially the skin) and they are readily shed (from the skin and/or through dejections) contaminating the immediate environment (Salman et al, 2018). Animal owners colonized by these organisms are also potential vehicle for their transmission to veterinary clinics (Anderson, 2015).…”

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“…Quite often, veterinarians also make contact with their clients/animal owners (Morley, 2013;Anderson, 2015). Thus, hands of veterinarians are crucial vehicles for the transmission of organisms to their patients/clients thereby jeopardizing their safety (Anderson, 2015;Salman et al, 2018). These individuals could potentially transmit HCAIs to the public resulting in further spread in human trained and motivated (Pires and Pittet, 2017;Saito et al, 2018).…”

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“…In addition, veterinarians have ethical and legal responsibilities to prevent the spread of infectious diseases among animals (Morley, 2013;Bergstrom and Gronlund, 2014). HH practices by health workers are associated with their knowledge and perceptions (Mathur, 2011;Salman et al, 2018). Therefore assessing the veterinarians' perception and level of knowledge/awareness about and practices of HH is crucial for identifying gaps in knowledge, determining the level of compliance to recommended HH practices, development of effective HH policies/practices in veterinary hospitals, and improvement and implementation of appropriate remedies in veterinary schools' curricula (Anderson et al, 2014).…”

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“…In available literature, there are several reports (Nair et al, 2014;Diwan et al, 2016;Kingston et al, 2017;Salman et al, 2018) on perception/understanding and practices of HH among medical/allied health workers in many parts of the world, including in Nigeria (Segun et al, 2013;Shobowale et al, 2015;McFubara et al, 2017); but studies regarding the perception/level of awareness and practices of HH among veterinary personnel (VP) are scanty and were only conducted in the United States (Wright et al, 2008;Nakamura et al, 2012;Shea and Shaw, 2012) and Canada (Anderson et al, 2014;Anderson and Wesse, 2016). In Nigeria, Veterinary Medicine is a 6-years full-time degree programme during which courses on Public Health and Preventive Medicine are taught.…”

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Veterinarians’ Perception, Knowledge and Practices of Hand Hygiene in Enugu State Southeast, Nigeria

Anyanwu¹,

Nwobi²,

Ajoke³

2019

Not Sci Biol

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A cross-sectional survey utilizing questionnaire assessed veterinarians’ awareness, attitudes and practices of hand hygiene (HH) in Enugu State Southeastern Nigeria. Data obtained were analyzed using chi-square on SPSS (version 15.0) at a significance level of P < 0.05 to determine possible associations between variables and perceptions/knowledge about HH. Out of 294 respondents, 26.9% were familiar with the WHO’s “5 moments of HH” model but majority knew the importance of the model. There was high compliance with HH after touching an animal (100%) and animal’s surrounding (96%), and contact with body fluid (100%) but HH before touching an animal (52.5%) and performing clean procedures (58.5%) were practiced sub-optimally. Majority of the respondents often forgets to perform HH (61.9%) and prioritizes clinical tasks to HH when busy (65%). The attitudes/practices towards HH were generally negative. Minority knew that unclean veterinary personnel’s hands are the main route of infection in the veterinary clinic (38.1%) and alcohol-based hand rubs are more effective on pathogens than other cleansing agents (23.1%). Majority of the respondents does not know when different HH techniques ought to be performed. The overall knowledge of HH by the respondents was moderate (55.4%). No significant association (P > 0.05) was found between level of knowledge and gender, age, qualification, duration of practice and location. Poor knowledge of HH guidelines, unavailability and inaccessibility of HH facilities, and unavailability of reminders were the major barriers to compliance with appropriate HH practices. In conclusion, veterinarians’ awareness and perception about HH in the study area is moderate while the practices are sub-optimal, thus the education of Nigerian veterinarians about HH and the teaching of the principles and practices of appropriate HH during veterinary schools are recommended.

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