Evolution of adherence to hand hygiene in health care professionals in a third level hospital in relation to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

• Published in: Revista española de quimioterapia 2021-06, Vol.34 (3), p.214-219
• Main Authors: de Arriba-Fernández, A, Molina-Cabrillana, M J, Serra Majem, L
• Format: Article
• Language: eng ; spa
• Subjects: COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - prevention & control; Cross-Sectional Studies; Hand Hygiene - statistics & numerical data; Hand Hygiene - trends; Health Personnel - statistics & numerical data; Health Personnel - trends; Humans; Medical Staff, Hospital - statistics & numerical data; Medical Staff, Hospital - trends; Nursing Assistants - statistics & numerical data; Nursing Assistants - trends; Nursing Staff, Hospital - statistics & numerical data; Nursing Staff, Hospital - trends; Pandemics; Spain; Tertiary Care Centers
• ISSN: 0214-3429; 1988-9518; 1988-9518
• DOI: 10.37201/req/150.2020

Proper hand hygiene is the main measure in the prevention and control of infection associated with healthcare. It describes how the pandemic period of 2020 has influenced the evolution of the degree of compliance with hand hygiene practices in health professionals at the Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria with respect to previous years. Descriptive cross-sectional study of direct observation on compliance with the five moments of hand hygiene in the 2018-2020 period. Adherence is described with the frequency distribution of the different moments in which it was indicated. Total adherence has increased from 42.5% in 2018, to 47.6% in 2019, and 59.2% in 2020 (p