The effect of educational intervention on increasing hand hygiene in staff of Imam Jafar Sadegh Hospital in Aligoodarz

Background and Objectives: Nosocomial infection is an infection that occurs during hospitalization (at least 48 to 72 hours after admission). Washing is the most effective, easiest, and least costly way of hand hygiene by staff and care providers. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of educational intervention on improving the hand hygiene of the staff of Imam Jafar Sadegh Hospital.  Method and Materials: The study was interventional and was conducted in two stages between October and March. The intervention was performed in January by the infection control supervisor. Data were analyzed by SPSS software version 16 and descriptive statistics (percentage, frequency and mean) and analytical (chi-square). Results: The mean of total hand hygiene in the studied wards before and after the intervention was 16.53% and 27.22%, respectively, which increased 10.69% after the intervention. Following educational intervention, hand hygiene by nurses was higher in comparison with the other two groups and increased in all three groups. Conclusion: Due to the implementation of educational intervention in this hospital and considering the growth rate of personnel involved in health care, hand hygiene in this center is still low compared to other studies, so training and supervision in this area should be To be done more seriously.