An Observational Quantitative Study to Assess the Hand Hygiene Compliance by the Doctors and Nurses of Different Unit in the Selected Hospital, Moradabad

Abstract

Introduction: Healthcare-associated Infections (HAIs) contribute to death, higher expenses for health systems, and high rates of illness, disability, and decreased quality of life. One of the main contributing reasons to illnesses linked to healthcare is poor hand hygiene compliance.   Planning and carrying forward effective preventive steps is crucial to lowering the risk of HAI and protecting the health of both patients and healthcare professionals.

This study aimed to measure the hand hygiene compliance of doctors and nurses of different units. “An Observational Quantitative Study to Assess the Hand Hygiene compliance by the Doctors and Nurses of different unit in the Selected Hospital, Moradabad.”

Objective: To assess the hand hygiene compliance of doctors and nurses of different unit in selected hospital.

Methodology: A Perspective Observational Quantitative Study was taken in Selected Hospital, Moradabad, where 173 sample (Doctor and Nurses) were taken through Simple Random Sampling. Data was collected through a mystery audit and an observational audit checklist. Data is analyzed through descriptive analysis.

Results: Result revealed that in demographic variables, 54.3% were male, 45.7% were female. Majority 57.8% were under 26-35years of age, 28.3% were under 26-45years, 9.8% were less than 25 years and only 4% were above 46 years of age. 79.7% were nurses, and 20.3% were doctors. On years of experience majority 37% were having 1-5years of experience, 25.4% were having more than 10 years of experience, 23.1 % were having less than 1year of experience, 14.5% were having 6-10 years of experience. 22% & 29% nurses and 20% & 29% doctors were following hand hygiene before touching the patients, 20% & 25% nurses and 26% & 31% doctors were following before any clean/ aseptic procedure, 14% & 20% nurses and 17% & 26% doctors were following after touching the patient, 29% & 36% nurses and 29% & 37% doctors were following after any-body fluid exposure, 14% & 17% nurses and 9% & 14 % doctors were following after touching patient surroundings; Bringing average compliance rate to 20% & 25% for nurses and 20% & 27% for doctors for the month of October 2024 and November 2024 respectively.

Conclusion: It is found that compliance rates among healthcare workers are very low. It is important to focus on and train the healthcare workers. This study unequivocally demonstrates the importance of an extensive assessment of the critical problems of patient safety and compliance, as well as for educational interventions to identify opportunities for hand hygiene, enhanced access to hand hygiene facilities, and a multipronged strategy to address various challenges.