Article: Achieving Perfect Hand Washing: an Audit Cycle with Surgical Internees.
2020 Volume 83, Issue 5, Page(s) 1166–1172
Abstract: The aim of this study is to achieve 100% compliance in surgical hand antisepsis along with identification of areas of worst compliance and efficacies of various interventions best suited to deal with them. This audit was performed over 6 days in a ... ...
| Abstract | The aim of this study is to achieve 100% compliance in surgical hand antisepsis along with identification of areas of worst compliance and efficacies of various interventions best suited to deal with them. This audit was performed over 6 days in a tertiary care hospital in Calcutta, India, with 42 surgical internees. Compliance to ideal hand washing technique was recorded after each attempt with the first attempt as baseline. Video demonstration, personal demonstration by a consultant, and individual instruction were used as subsequent interventions to achieve 100% compliance. The baseline level of compliance was found to be 33.59%. A total of 6 attempts was required to achieve 100% compliance, with the increase in compliance being statistically significant ( |
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| Keywords | covid19 |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2020-10-06 |
| Publishing country | India |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 138063-1 |
| ISSN | 0972-2068 ; 0019-5650 |
| ISSN | 0972-2068 ; 0019-5650 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s12262-020-02619-8 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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