International Journal of Nursing Research

Objective To investigate the hand hygiene compliance of nurses in outpatient blood collection room of our hospital, analyze the causes of these situations according to the survey results, and implement the corresponding intervention countermeasures. Methods: first investigate the hand hygiene knowledge, implementation of hand hygiene and hand washing methods of nurses in outpatient blood collection room of our hospital, then ask relevant personnel, observe their daily behavior, summarize the causes of insufficient hand hygiene compliance, put forward corresponding countermeasures for the problems, and then count the hand hygiene situation after the implementation of the countermeasures. Results: after the implementation of the countermeasures, the qualified rate of hand hygiene knowledge, the qualified rate of hand hygiene implementation and the correct rate of hand washing methods were significantly higher than those before the implementation (P< 0.05). Conclusion: the hand hygiene compliance of nurses in outpatient blood collection room of our hospital is affected by their own factors and objective factors of the hospital. Therefore, intervention countermeasures such as improving hand hygiene related systems, regularly organizing training and assessment, increasing hand washing facilities and resources are put forward, which can effectively improve the hand hygiene of nurses and reduce the frequency of nosocomial infection.

blood collection room; Nursing staff; Hand hygiene