BACKGROUND AND LITERATURE REVIEW: Hand hygiene (HH) is the number one way to reduce healthcare associated infections (HAI). These infections account for increased morbidity and mortality and are linked with poor HH among anesthesia personnel. Anesthesia provider HH compliance is low, and with solid HH guidelines available, increasing their compliance is paramount in reducing HAIs.

PURPOSE: This study aims to assess anesthesia provider HH recognition and compliance among student registered nurse anesthetists (SRNA) at Marian University and certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNA) at a large urban academic hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.
METHODS: A one-time eleven question survey will be administered online through Qualtrics assessing knowledge and compliance of the WHO five moments of HH in the operating room (OR). The survey is based on a validated survey instrument and consists of five questions regarding moments to perform HH and six questions regarding demographics.
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN/PROCEDURE: Over four weeks, the survey will be administered to 170 anesthesia providers to include 101 CRNAs, 68 SRNAs, and 1 MDA. Qualtrics will be utilized to deliver the survey link to respondent emails and collect responses electronically. This project is supported by Marian University, Leighton School of Nursing, Department of Nurse anesthesia faculty.
IMPLICATIONS/CONCLUSIONS: Increasing HH among anesthesia providers will reduce HAIs and increase patient outcomes. Multimodal strategies work best, including increased access to HH products and those that include an education element. Long term success of these interventions is related to sustainment efforts of the institution and will likely decrease over time without them. Understanding current HH recognition and compliance is the first step to increasing HH performance rates and is the focus of this study.

Creator

• McSherry, Joseph

Language

• English

Stichwort

• guidelines

• barriers

• compliance

• hand hygiene

• operating room

• anesthesia

Date created

• 2021

Resource type

• Research Paper

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