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HAND HYGIENE COMPLIANCE, KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTER IN SOUTH INDIA

, G. Swetha, V.V. Shailaja, , S. Rajeshwar Rao, · International Journal of Advanced Research · 2021

Aim and objective of the study: To assess the compliance, knowledge and perception among health care workers regarding hand hygiene by conducting regular surveillance and educational programs. This surveillance program objective is to evaluate the effect of three different educational programs on improving hand hygiene compliance, knowledge and perception among health care workers in a tertiary care center in South India Materials and Methods: It is an observational and knowledge perception study conducted ina tertiary care center, over a period of 6 months (Jan 2018 to June 2018) using WHO tools. Questionnaires were distributed to 180 participants which included Doctors, Nurses, technicians, Residents & Medical students in 5 units of the hospital (3 ICUs and 2 post-operative wards) The study is divided into Pre interventional, Interventional and Post interventional phase. The interventions included.1. Role model training. 2. Lectures with PowerPoint presentations, 3. Posters and charts representing hand hygiene protocols & motivational messages Results: Hand hygiene compliance was observed during 2153 hand hygiene opportunities and knowledge perception was assessed among

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