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Patient as a Partner in Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention

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  • Marta Wałaszek

    (State Higher Vocational School, 33-100 Tarnów, Poland
    St. Łukasz Voivodeship Hospital, 33-100 Tarnów, Poland)

  • Małgorzata Kołpa

    (State Higher Vocational School, 33-100 Tarnów, Poland
    St. Łukasz Voivodeship Hospital, 33-100 Tarnów, Poland)

  • Zdzisław Wolak

    (State Higher Vocational School, 33-100 Tarnów, Poland
    St. Łukasz Voivodeship Hospital, 33-100 Tarnów, Poland)

  • Anna Różańska

    (Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-121 Kraków, Poland)

  • Jadwiga Wójkowska-Mach

    (Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-121 Kraków, Poland)

Abstract

Objectives: The objective of the study was getting to know the knowledge and attitudes towards hand hygiene (HH) among Polish patients and healthcare workers (HCWs). Methods: 459 respondents replied to the survey: 173 (37.6%) patients and 286 (62.3%) HCWs; 57 HCWs were additionally interviewed. Results: Few HCWs knew and used the “5 moments for HH” in the required situations. Both patients and HCWs rated HH of other HCWs poorly: only 75% of patients and 54% of HCWs noticed the application of HH before blood sample collection, but 1/2 of interviewed HCWs did not encounter a request for HH from a patient. According to interviews, 23 (40%) HCWs did not admonish others when they did not use HH. Seventy-five percent of patients and HCWs claimed that, in the past, in schools the toilets were poorly stocked, but the situation improved with the passage of time. Conclusions: There are barriers with resspect to treating patients as partners in HH in Polish hospitals and HCWs’ lack of compliance with the “5 moments for HH” significantly reduces patients’ safety. Practice implications: Education regarding HH should be conducted for the whole society from an early age: lack of proper supplies in school bathrooms impedes the development of positive HH habits.

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  • Marta Wałaszek & Małgorzata Kołpa & Zdzisław Wolak & Anna Różańska & Jadwiga Wójkowska-Mach, 2018. "Patient as a Partner in Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-12, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:15:y:2018:i:4:p:624-:d:138632
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    1. Marta Wałaszek & Małgorzata Kołpa & Zdzisław Wolak & Anna Różańska & Jadwiga Wójkowska-Mach, 2017. "Poor Hand Hygiene Procedure Compliance among Polish Medical Students and Physicians—The Result of an Ineffective Education Basis or the Impact of Organizational Culture?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-10, September.
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    1. Jerzy Rosiński & Anna Różańska & Andrzej Jarynowski & Jadwiga Wójkowska-Mach & Polish Society of Hospital Infections Team, 2019. "Factors Shaping Attitudes of Medical Staff towards Acceptance of the Standard Precautions," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(6), pages 1-10, March.

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