Compliance with handwashing at two intensive care units in São Paulo.

نویسندگان

  • Guilherme H C Furtado
  • Solange L Santana
  • Ana Paula Coutinho
  • Luciana B Perdiz
  • Sérgio B Wey
  • Eduardo A S Medeiros
چکیده

Handwashing compliance was compared at two medical- surgical intensive care units (ICUs) of a teaching and a non-teaching hospital. The mean compliance was 22.2% and 42.6%, respectively. Respiratory therapists at the non-teaching hospital had the best handwashing compliance (52.6%). Nursing assistants at the teaching hospital had the worst compliance (11.5%). Nursing assistant was the only health-care worker category with a significant difference between the two ICUs (odds ratio = 6.0; 95% confidence interval = 3.83-9.43; p< 0.001).

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases

دوره 10 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006