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      Aplicación del cuestionario de autoevaluación de la estrategia multimodal de la OMS para mejorar la práctica de higiene de manos en un hospital de tercer nivel Translated title: Application of the self-evaluation questionnaire of the WHO multimodal strategy to improve the practice of hand hygiene in a tertiary hospital

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          Resumen Objetivo. La higiene de manos (HM) es la medida individual más efectiva para reducir el riesgo de infecciones relacionadas con la atención sanitaria. Sin embargo, es habitual encontrar bajos resultados de cumplimiento de las indicaciones de HM entre profesionales sanitarios. El objetivo de este trabajo es evaluar la implementación de la aplicación de una estrategia multimodal para impulsar la promoción de la HM. Métodos. Se utilizó la «Guía de aplicación de la estrategia multimodal de la Organización Mundial de la Salud para la mejora de la higiene de manos», conformado por: cambio del sistema, formación y entrenamiento, evaluación y retroalimentación, recordatorio en el lugar del trabajo, clima institucional de seguridad y vigilancia de la adherencia a la HM. La estrategia se planteó como un estudio de intervención para promover la HM en el Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno Infantil en el período 2012-2020. Resultados. El cumplimiento global de las indicaciones de HM al final del periodo de estudio fue del 59,2%. El consumo de productos de base alcohólica aumentó con respecto a los años anteriores (p<0,05), siendo en el último año de 70 litros por cada 1000 estancias. La encuesta reveló que la formación y la existencia de preparado de base alcohólica en cada punto de atención eran percibidas por parte de los profesionales sanitarios como los principales aspectos facilitadores de la práctica de HM. Conclusiones. La implementación de una intervención multimodal mejoró significativamente la adhesión al lavado de manos y el uso de productos de base alcohólica entre los profesionales sanitarios. A pesar de tener formación previa sobre higiene de manos, los conocimientos de los profesionales son incompletos. La formación previa seguido del tiempo trabajado son los determinantes más importantes de las conocimientos y percepciones sobre higiene de manos.

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          Abstract Objective. Hand hygiene (HH) is the single most important and effective measure to reduce the risk of healthcare-related infections. However, low compliance with HH indications among healthcare professionals is often low. The objective of this study was to evaluate the implementation of a multimodal strategy to promote HH among healthcare professionals. Methods. We used the “Application guide of the multimodal strategy of the World Health Organization for the improvement of hand hygiene”, which consists of: changes to the system, education and training, evaluation and feedback, workplace reminders, organizational safety climate and monitoring of compliance with HH. The strategy was designed as an intervention study to promote HH in the Maternal and Child Insular University Hospital Complex in the period 2012-2020. Results. Overall compliance with the HH indications at the end of the study period was 59.2%. The use of alcoholic-based products increased with respect to previous years (p <0.05), reaching 70 liters/1000 hospital admissions in the final year. Healthcare professionals perceived training and accessibility to an alcohol-based preparation at each point of care as the most effective measures for promoting good HH practice. Conclusions. The implementation of a multimodal intervention significantly improved compliance with handwashing and the use of alcohol-based products among healthcare professionals. Despite having previous training on hand hygiene, HH knowledge among professionals remains incomplete. Prior training followed by time worked are the most important determinants of knowledge and perceptions about hand hygiene.

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          Healthcare workers' hands are the most common vehicle for the transmission of healthcare-associated pathogens from patient to patient and within the healthcare environment. Hand hygiene is the leading measure for preventing the spread of antimicrobial resistance and reducing healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs), but healthcare worker compliance with optimal practices remains low in most settings. This paper reviews factors influencing hand hygiene compliance, the impact of hand hygiene promotion on healthcare-associated pathogen cross-transmission and infection rates, and challenging issues related to the universal adoption of alcohol-based hand rub as a critical system change for successful promotion. Available evidence highlights the fact that multimodal intervention strategies lead to improved hand hygiene and a reduction in HCAI. However, further research is needed to evaluate the relative efficacy of each strategy component and to identify the most successful interventions, particularly in settings with limited resources. The main objective of the First Global Patient Safety Challenge, launched by the World Health Organization (WHO), is to achieve an improvement in hand hygiene practices worldwide with the ultimate goal of promoting a strong patient safety culture. We also report considerations and solutions resulting from the implementation of the multimodal strategy proposed in the WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care.
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            The World Health Organization hand hygiene observation method.

            Monitoring hand hygiene adherence and providing performance feedback to health care workers is a critical component of multimodal hand hygiene promotion programs, but important variations exist in the way adherence is measured. Within the framework of the World Health Organization's (WHO) First Global Patient Safety Challenge known as "Clean Care is Safer Care," an evidence-based, user-centered concept, "My five moments for hand hygiene," has been developed for measuring, teaching, and reporting hand hygiene adherence. This concept is an integral part of the WHO's hand hygiene improvement strategy conceived to translate the WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care into practice. It has been tested in numerous health care facilities worldwide to ensure its applicability and adaptability to all settings irrespective of the resources available. Here we describe the WHO hand hygiene observation method in detail-the concept, the profile and the task of the observers, their training and validation, the data collection form, the scope, the selection of the observed staff, and the observation sessions-with the objective of making it accessible for universal use. Sample size estimates, survey analysis and report, and major bias and confounding factors associated with observation are discussed.
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              Considerable emphasis is currently placed on reducing healthcare-associated infection through improving hand hygiene compliance among healthcare professionals. There is also increasing discussion in the lay media of perceived poor hand hygiene compliance among healthcare staff. Our aim was to report the outcomes of a systematic search for peer-reviewed, published studies - especially clinical trials - that focused on hand hygiene compliance among healthcare professionals. Literature published between December 2009, after publication of the World Health Organization (WHO) hand hygiene guidelines, and February 2014, which was indexed in PubMed and CINAHL on the topic of hand hygiene compliance, was searched. Following examination of relevance and methodology of the 57 publications initially retrieved, 16 clinical trials were finally included in the review. The majority of studies were conducted in the USA and Europe. The intensive care unit emerged as the predominant focus of studies followed by facilities for care of the elderly. The category of healthcare worker most often the focus of the research was the nurse, followed by the healthcare assistant and the doctor. The unit of analysis reported for hand hygiene compliance was 'hand hygiene opportunity'; four studies adopted the 'my five moments for hand hygiene' framework, as set out in the WHO guidelines, whereas other papers focused on unique multimodal strategies of varying design. We concluded that adopting a multimodal approach to hand hygiene improvement intervention strategies, whether guided by the WHO framework or by another tested multimodal framework, results in moderate improvements in hand hygiene compliance.
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                Journal
                aprl
                Archivos de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales
                Arch Prev Riesgos Labor
                Societat Catalana de Salut Laboral y Asociación de Medicina del Trabajo de la Comunidad Valenciana (Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain )
                1578-2549
                December 2021
                : 24
                : 4
                : 355-369
                Affiliations
                [1] Las Palmas de Gran Canaria orgnameUniversidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain
                [2] Las Palmas de Gran Canaria orgnameComplejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria orgdiv1Servicio de Medicina Preventiva España
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                S1578-25492021000400355 S1578-2549(21)02400400355
                10.12961/aprl.2021.24.04.03
                32704638-fb1d-45b8-a613-e368bee919a7

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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                : 06 March 2021
                : 26 August 2021
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                adherence,patient safety,quality,healthcare-related infection,hand hygiene,Handwashing,seguridad del paciente,calidad,infección relacionada con la asistencia sanitaria,adherencia,higiene de manos,Lavado de manos

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