Change of Hand Floor During the Shift in Emergency Servise Staff
Abstract
Abstract:
Objective: This study aims to reveal if there will be any change in hand flora and pathogen microorganism before and after shift of emergency service staff in order to determine the infection risc to the patients who admit to our emergency department.
Materials and methods: Our study was planned to evaluate the change of the hand floor and pre-shift and post-shift hand cultures from 10 physicians, 13 nurses, 10 transport personnel in the emergency department of Cumhuriyet University. Also the micro-organisms of air samples from special intervention areas (resuscitation, red area) as well as general use areas were analyzed.
Results: We compared the washing status between pre (4,%11.1) post-contact16 (44.4%) hand washing rate was significantly higher (p <0.05). there wasn’t any difference between the microorganisms samples that were reproduced on the pre-shift right and left hand samples and post-shift right and left hand. According to the total count of samples taken from the left and right hand before shift in terms of the microorganism seen the difference was significiant (t=7,48; p=0,001).
Conclusions: Although our participants knew the hand hygiene indications of emergency service workers, their harmony was found to be low, consistent with many studies in the literature. It has been observed that the habit of using gloves and hand disinfectant was low also. Efficient strategies may be developed; improving institutional healthcare conditions, conducting educations at certain intervals, observing the practitioner and collecting feedback. However, it should be noted that the most significant issue is that the significance in hand washing is ensured with changes in habits.
Key Words: Hand Hygiene, hospital-acquired infection control, hand washing, health workers, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
Health Care Administration
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Sefa Yurtbay
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Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University Training and Research Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Niğde, Turkey.
0000-0002-7373-1002
Türkiye
Yusuf Kenan Tekin
Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sivas, Turkey
0000-0001-8047-4836
Türkiye
İlhan Korkmaz
Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sivas, Turkey
0000-0001-5182-3136
Türkiye
Fatma Mutlu Kukul Güven
Kastamonu University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Kastamonu, Turkey
0000-0003-3755-6021
Türkiye
Erdal Demirtaş
Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sivas, Turkey
0000-0003-0853-0623
Türkiye
Publication Date
June 28, 2018
Submission Date
March 6, 2018
Acceptance Date
June 7, 2018
Published in Issue
Year 2018 Volume: 40 Number: 2