Compliance To Hand Hygiene Standards Amongst Health Care Providers In Selected Public Hospitals In Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
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Date
2021
Authors
Koech, Sharon Jerop
Nyamari, Jackim
Njogu, Eunice
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International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications
Abstract
Hand hygiene is a simple act of hand cleansing and the
most effective measure of decreasing healthcare-associated
infections among the health care workers. The infections not only
lengthen the hospitalization period but also increase financial
burden to individual, family and a country at large for example in
Europe approximately €13–24 billion is spent annually. Hand
hygiene compliance has remained unacceptably as low as 40%
worldwide with the developing countries reporting a lower
percentage. The broad objective of this study was to determine the
level of compliance with hand hygiene standards amongst the
health care providers in selected public hospitals in Uasin Gishu
County. The study used the cross-sectional study design. The
lower level health facilities were selected randomly while higher
level health facilities were selected purposively. Sample size
determination was done using Fisher’s (1999) formula and
Cochran’s correction formula was used due to the population of
health workers being below 10,000. A total of 301 sample size was
arrived at and additional ten percent of the 301 sample size was
included to accommodate for attrition hence having a total sample
size of 331 respondents. The Simple random sampling technique
was used to identify the 331 health care providers taking into
consideration the use of probability proportionate to sample size
technique in obtaining the number of health care providers from
each health facility. The Data collection instruments included a
self-administered questionnaire and observational checklist.
Quantitative Data analysis was carried out by utilizing the
Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version
20. The findings revealed a compliance rate of 49.8%. Pearson’s
test of correlation revealed that the main determinants of
compliance with hand hygiene standards were professional cadre
(r=014; P=0.015), training (r=0.371; P=<0.01) level of education
(r= 0.168; P=0.004), availability of clean running water (r=0.271;
P=<0.01) and hand washing soap (r=0.168; P=0.003). The study
recommends that the policy makers and health stakeholders need
to come up with a policy that ensures that the health care workers
adhere to hand hygiene standards and ensure adequate provision
of hand hygiene facilities so as to enhance compliance with hand
hygiene standards.
Description
A research article published in International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications
Keywords
Hand Hygiene, Compliance, Health care providers, Standards
Citation
Sharon Jerop Koech, Dr. Jackim Nyamari, Dr. Eunice Njogu (2021); Compliance To Hand Hygiene Standards Amongst Health Care Providers In Selected Public Hospitals In Uasin Gishu County, Kenya; International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications (IJSRP) 11(10) (ISSN: 2250-3153), DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.29322/IJSRP.11.10.2021.p11823