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dc.contributor.authorAlshammari, Modhi
dc.contributor.authorReynolds, Kelly A
dc.contributor.authorVerhougstraete, Marc
dc.contributor.authorO'Rourke, Mary Kay
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-05T22:08:31Z
dc.date.available2019-06-05T22:08:31Z
dc.date.issued2018-10-07
dc.identifier.citationAlshammari M, Reynolds KA, Verhougstraete M, O’Rourke MK. Comparison of Perceived and Observed Hand Hygiene Compliance in Healthcare Workers in MERS-CoV Endemic Regions. Healthcare. 2018; 6(4):122.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2227-9032
dc.identifier.pmid30301272
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/healthcare6040122
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/632507
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated healthcare workers' perceptions of hand hygiene practices by comparing personal reports, as assessed by questionnaires, to direct observations of the workers' hand hygiene practices. The study employed a cross-sectional research design. Observations were made using a 16-item checklist, based on three sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), World Health Organization (WHO), and Boyce and Pittet's guidelines of hand hygiene. The checklist was used for both direct-observation and self-reported data collection purposes. Pearson correlation and Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA) were utilized to statistically determine the relationship between healthcare workers' reports of hand hygiene practices and observed hand hygiene behaviors. The study was conducted in the outpatient examination rooms and emergency departments of three types of hospitals in the Eastern region of Saudi Arabia where Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is endemic and is observed in routine cases and outbreaks. The total sample size included 87 physicians and nurses recruited while on duty during the scheduled observation periods, with each healthcare worker being observed during individual medical examinations with at least three patients. No statistically significant correlations between the healthcare workers' perceptions of hand hygiene practices and healthcare workers' actual behaviors were evident. Based on the self-report questionnaires, significant differences were found between physicians' and nurses' hand hygiene practices reports. Healthcare workers clearly understand the importance of careful hand hygiene practices, but based on researchers' observations, the medical personnel failed to properly implement protocol-driven hand hygiene applications. However, the significant differences between physicians' and nurses' self-reports suggest further inquiry is needed to fully explore these discrepancies.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/6/4/122en_US
dc.rights© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjecthand hygieneen_US
dc.subjecthealthcareen_US
dc.subjectvirusesen_US
dc.titleComparison of Perceived and Observed Hand Hygiene Compliance in Healthcare Workers in MERS-CoV Endemic Regionsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniv Arizona, Dept Commun Environm & Policy, Mel & Enid Zuckerman Coll Publ Hlthen_US
dc.identifier.journalHEALTHCAREen_US
dc.description.noteOpen access journalen_US
dc.description.collectioninformationThis item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.en_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.source.journaltitleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
refterms.dateFOA2019-06-05T22:08:31Z


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© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.
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