Construction of strategy to promote patient's hand hygiene to reduce the burden of healthcare-associated infection

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25293438
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Fundamental nursing
• Research Institution: Prefectural University of Hiroshima (2016-2017); The Japanese Red Cross Hiroshima College of Nursing (2013-2015)
• Principal Investigator: Okada Junko 県立広島大学, 保健福祉学部(三原キャンパス), 教授 (40353114)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 深井 喜代子 岡山大学, 保健学研究科, 教授 (70104809) ; 前田 ひとみ 熊本大学, 大学院生命科学研究部(保), 教授 (90183607)
• Research Collaborator: MATSUMOTO Yoshie ; YAMAMIZU Yukiko ; YAMANE Hiroyuki ; THUJI Takahiro ; TAKAOKA Shunsuke
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 患者 / 手指衛生 / 感染管理

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The isolating bacteria and the amount of bacteria from nurse's fingers, patient's fingers and environmental surface varied from facility to facility. However, the isolating bacteria of the three persons showed the least match between the nurse and the patient's fingers, and the agreement between the nurse and the environmental surface, the patient and the environmental surface increased in order. The number of isolating bacteria from nurses was small, but as the time required for nursing care was longer, the number of contacts with patients and environmental surfaces increased, and it was inferred that bacteria were propagated. Therefore, it prevents pathogenic microorganisms from horizontally propagating from the patient's hands or environmental surface to nurses.
Patient's hands tended to decrease pathogenic microorganisms when using wet tissues and alcohol disinfectants to enhance hygiene.

Free Research Field

感染管理