Följsamhet till basala hygienrutiner på en vårdavdelning

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this work was to investigate the adherence to basic hygiene routines among staff and to investigate if there is any difference between the adherences in diverse professions. The purpose was also to study how staff rates their own adherence to current guidelines. Data for the study were collected through observations and questionnaires. Altogether 35 people were observed and 15 answered the questionnaire. Maximum adherence was found in the category of "hand disinfection after patient contact" with a score of 96%. In the observation task “proper use of protective apron” a total adherence of 86 % was found. The observations in the category of "hand disinfection before patient contact" showed an adherence of 74 %. In the observation category "proper use of gloves" a total adherence of 52% was found. The greatest difference between professions was seen in the observation category of "proper use of gloves", where physicians’ observed adherence was 100% and the nurses observed adherence was 48%. In the observation category "proper use of apron” adherence varied between 76-91%. Adherence to “hand disinfection before patient contact” are lower in comparison with adherence to “hand disinfection after patient contact”. An awareness of this is seen in the responses also, with the majority indicating that their own routine deficiencies in this particular moment. Otherwise the compilation of the responses shows that staff rates their adherence lower than the observed adherence. We believe that our presence may have affected the staff during the observations with the consequence that adherence to the basic hygiene routines influenced in a positive direction.