Volume 26, Issue 122, April 2022

Knowledge and practices of hand hygiene among the health care providers of Jimma University Medical Center, Jimma, Oromia, Ethiopia

Markos Mehertab¹, Dheeraj Lamba^2♦, Enisha Tekle³

¹Medical intern, Jimma University Medical Centre, Jimma, Ethiopia
²Head and Associate Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
³General Practitioner, Hiwot Specialized Surgical Centre, Hosana, Ethiopia

^♦Corresponding author
Head and Associate Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

ABSTRACT

Background: The term "nosocomial" refers to the connection between care and the subsequent emergence of infection. When a person enters a health care facility, he contacts nosocomial or hospital-acquired infections. They may happen in different areas of healthcare delivery system, such as in hospitals, long-term care facilities, and ambulatory setups, and may also emerge after discharge. To prevent this infection proper hand hygiene practice is one of the methods that play a vital role. Objective: The general goal of the present study is observe and evaluate the understanding the exercise of hand hygiene the various health care employees of Jimma University Medical Center. Method: Cross-sectional study design was conducted at Jimma University Medical Center among 375 health care providers which were available in the hospital were included in the study. For the data collection, pretested questionnaire was used for knowledge assessment, and a checklist was used for the practical assessment. Result: The study shows most 344 (91.7%) of the staff have good knowledge, 20(5.3%) have fair knowledge and 11(2.9%) have poor knowledge of hand hygiene practice. The study also shows from the 103(27.5%) noncompliant health care providers (HCW) 11(73.3%) have no training on hand hygiene and 92(25.6%) have training. Conclusion: Even though the knowledge on hand hygiene is good and exercising hand hygiene is adequate among the HCWs in JUMC. Continues training and updating posted general guidelines of hand hygiene is recommended.

Keywords: HCW Hand Hygiene, Health care providers, Nosocomial infections and CDC Center for disease control and prevention

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms121e2115

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i122/ms121e2115

Published: 06 April 2022