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Study on Standardized Management of Hand Hygiene of Hospital Patients and Accompanying Personnel

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DOI: 10.23977/medbm.2023.010109 | Downloads: 11 | Views: 484

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Xiufeng Chen 1

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1 The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, Anhui, 232001, China

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Xiufeng Chen

ABSTRACT

This article analyzes and explores the impact of standardized hand hygiene management for hospital patients and caregivers on reducing hospital infections. This article selects 50 clinical inpatients and nursing staff from a certain hospital in our district as the research subjects, and is randomly divided into OG (observation group) and CG (control group), with 25 people in each group. OG conducts standardized management of hand hygiene, while CG conducts routine care procedures. Compare the hand hygiene hospital infection status of two groups of patients and their caregivers. The results showed that out of 25 patients with CG, 12 (48%) developed hospital acquired infections. Among the 25 patients with OG, 4 (8%) developed hospital acquired infections. The hospital infection rate of OG was significantly lower than that of CG (P<0.05), and the qualified rate of hand hygiene testing among OG nursing staff was 84%, which was significantly higher than CG (52%). From this, it can be seen that standardized hand hygiene management for patients and their nursing staff has to some extent reduced the hospital infection rate, with good results and is worth promoting.

KEYWORDS

Standardized management, Hand hygiene, Patients, Accompanying personnel

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Xiufeng Chen, Study on Standardized Management of Hand Hygiene of Hospital Patients and Accompanying Personnel. MEDS Basic Medicine (2023) Vol. 1: 44-48. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/medbm.2023.010109.

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