Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
Year : 2019, Volume : 10, Issue : 4
First page : ( 615) Last page : ( 621)
Print ISSN : 0976-0245. Online ISSN : 0976-5506.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0976-5506.2019.00768.X

Hemodialysis Nurses’ Practices toward Hand Hygiene Performance at Baghdad Teaching Hospitals

Bakey Serwan J.*

Adult Nursing Department, College of Nursing, University of BaghdadIraq

*Corresponding Author: Serwan J. Bakey Adult Nursing Department, College of Nursing, University of Baghdad, Iraq; E-mail: serwanj_81@yahoo.com or- sjbakey@my.okcu.edu

Online published on 6 April, 2019.

Abstract

A descriptive study was carried out in order to achieve the early stated objectives. The study was initiated from December 17th, 2017 through May 7th, 2018. A purposive (non-probability) sample of (35) nurses who have been working in hemodialysis units were selected to evaluate their practices toward hand hygiene performance at hemodialysis units in Baghdad teaching hospitals. The data collection process has been performed from March 20th, 2018 until the April 15th, 2018 by observation technique. The nurses’ practice form of the questionnaire was derived from the standard of hand hygiene which was developed by the World Health Organization's and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2009. Results of the present study revealed that the nurses have high performance of hand hygiene after exposure to body fluid (such as blood). Moreover, nurses use alcohol hand rubs instead of hand washing in delivering care for clients. While, the study revealed that hemodialysis nurses were presented with low performance with other parameters of hand hygiene standards. The study also presented that there was no significant relationship between hemodialysis nurses’ practices toward hand hygiene performance and their demographic characteristics.

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Keywords

Evaluation, Nurses practice, Hand hygiene, Hemodialysis.

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