Measurement of handwashing adherence, according to five moments of the WHO

Abstract

Contact with objects and people in the hospital environment, promotes the spread of germs that threaten patients, so hand washing prevents infection. Adherence to hand washing in health care officials was measured according to the five moments of hand hygiene WHO. Transversal and quantitative study, which evaluated the adherence to hand washing outpatient and emergency personnel of Assbasalud ESE and impact after training. It was conducted in three phases: pre-training, training and post-training. The final sample was 128 employees in nine Bank suite´s (30%). The adhesion measurement was approved by the Executive Quality Committee Assbasalud ESE. Were taken into account hand hygiene, use of enamels, jewels were evaluated; and relevance of the substances used for aseptic. The overall adherence of handwashing in Phase 1 and 61,8% for the 2nd phase of 78,3% was obtained, with positive results in relation to national and international studies. It is concluded that hand washing, valued at 67,1 % during the thirdth quarter of 2013, is an excellent strategy to strengthen patient safety and prevent hospital infections.

Keywords

• Desinfección de las manos
• infección hospitalaria
• antiinfecciosos locales
• seguridad del paciente