2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study for the hand hygiene development which reduces patients hands contamination
| Project/Area Number |
21592736
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Fundamental nursing
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| Research Institution | The Japanese Red Cross Hiroshima College of Nursing |
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Principal Investigator |
OKADA Junko 日本赤十字広島看護大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (40353114)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
FUKAI Kiyoko 岡山大学, 大学院・保健学研究科, 教授 (70104809)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 看護技術 / 手指汚染 |
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| Research Abstract |
T he patient's hands become a source of infection for cross infection. However, the report is scarce about the degree of hands contamination among patients. Therefore, we were e xamined contamination of patient's hand for care environment s. MRSA was detected in nursing home residents is 30%, postoperative patients and outpatient s are 10%. Bacteria in the hands can be reduced by hand hygiene. But nurs ing has a lower priority care about clean to patient's hands. In addition, nurse approximately 20% was recognized the hand has not been contaminated as patients with limit ed activity. In the future, we should be well known that hand hygiene can hold that pa tients who can be not hand w ashing, w ipe patient's hands often with wet tissue.
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