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Knowledge, Attitude, and Performance of Nurses toward Hand Hygiene in Hospitals

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  • Alireza Sharif
  • Azizollah Arbabisarjou
  • Abbas Balouchi
  • Sudabeh Ahmadidarrehsima
  • Hamed Kashani

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INTRODUCTION- The proper hand hygiene is one of the foremost techniques to reduce Nosocomial infections. The hand hygiene is deemed as the simplest method for control of Nosocomial infections if it is done properly it may prevent from a lot of costs and fatalities. Due to constant relationship with patients, nurses play paramount role in proper execution of hand hygiene among clinical personnel. The current study was carried out in order to analyze knowledge, attitude, and performance of nurses regarding hand hygiene.MATERIALS & METHODOLOGY- A cross-sectional study was conducted on 200 (of 240) nurses from three hospitals in Kerman city at east of Iran in 2015. The standardized questionnaire was the tool for data collection. These data entered in SPSS (V.22). The frequency and percentage of frequency in descriptive statistics was employed for data analysis. The confidence interval was considered as 95%.RESULTS- The results showed that the majority of participants were male173 (86.5%), had BA degree 161 (80.5%) and were married 155 (70.5%). Most of nurses 77 (38.5%) had working experience (5-10years). The majority of nurses had good knowledge 149 (74.5%), positive attitude 141 (70.5%) and good performance 175 (87.5%).DISCUSSION & CONCLUSION- The nurses are good level in terms of knowledge, attitude, and performance but improvement of their knowledge and knowledge seems to be more necessary by holding educational classes and courses in cases where they have less knowledge.

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  • Alireza Sharif & Azizollah Arbabisarjou & Abbas Balouchi & Sudabeh Ahmadidarrehsima & Hamed Kashani, 2016. "Knowledge, Attitude, and Performance of Nurses toward Hand Hygiene in Hospitals," Global Journal of Health Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 8(8), pages 1-57, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:gjhsjl:v:8:y:2016:i:8:p:57
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