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Barriers to hand hygiene compliance in intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study

BACKGROUND: The practice of hand washing is an effective way to prevent contamination and disease transmission. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, hand washing has become increasingly important. Therefore, this qualitative study aimed to understand barriers to hand hygiene compliance among healthcare...

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Autores principales: Ahmadipour, Maryam, Dehghan, Mahlagha, Ahmadinejad, Mehdi, Jabarpour, Maryam, Mangolian Shahrbabaki, Parvin, Ebrahimi Rigi, Zahra
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9433968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36062108
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.968231
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author Ahmadipour, Maryam
Dehghan, Mahlagha
Ahmadinejad, Mehdi
Jabarpour, Maryam
Mangolian Shahrbabaki, Parvin
Ebrahimi Rigi, Zahra
author_facet Ahmadipour, Maryam
Dehghan, Mahlagha
Ahmadinejad, Mehdi
Jabarpour, Maryam
Mangolian Shahrbabaki, Parvin
Ebrahimi Rigi, Zahra
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description BACKGROUND: The practice of hand washing is an effective way to prevent contamination and disease transmission. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, hand washing has become increasingly important. Therefore, this qualitative study aimed to understand barriers to hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-five healthcare workers from intensive care units were sampled using purposive sampling in a qualitative content analysis study. Data were collected through a semi-structured interview and field notes. Based on the Lundman and Graneheim approach, the data were analyzed. COREQ checklist was used to report the research. RESULTS: According to the findings, there are three main categories of barriers to hand hygiene practice: barriers related to individuals (including two subcategories of lack of knowledge of healthcare workers and healthcare workers' improper attitude), barriers related to management (including two subcategories of wrong behavioral patterns and unsuitable training and planning), and barriers related to organizations (including four subcategories of heavy workloads, improperly designed wards, a lack of equipment, and lack of quality equipment). CONCLUSIONS: This research indicates that hand washing practice increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, some barriers persist, resulting in a decline in hand washing compliance among health care workers. This finding can help managers and policymakers remove barriers to hand washing compliance and improve healthcare workers' adherence to hand washing.
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spelling pubmed-94339682022-09-02 Barriers to hand hygiene compliance in intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study Ahmadipour, Maryam Dehghan, Mahlagha Ahmadinejad, Mehdi Jabarpour, Maryam Mangolian Shahrbabaki, Parvin Ebrahimi Rigi, Zahra Front Public Health Public Health BACKGROUND: The practice of hand washing is an effective way to prevent contamination and disease transmission. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, hand washing has become increasingly important. Therefore, this qualitative study aimed to understand barriers to hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-five healthcare workers from intensive care units were sampled using purposive sampling in a qualitative content analysis study. Data were collected through a semi-structured interview and field notes. Based on the Lundman and Graneheim approach, the data were analyzed. COREQ checklist was used to report the research. RESULTS: According to the findings, there are three main categories of barriers to hand hygiene practice: barriers related to individuals (including two subcategories of lack of knowledge of healthcare workers and healthcare workers' improper attitude), barriers related to management (including two subcategories of wrong behavioral patterns and unsuitable training and planning), and barriers related to organizations (including four subcategories of heavy workloads, improperly designed wards, a lack of equipment, and lack of quality equipment). CONCLUSIONS: This research indicates that hand washing practice increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, some barriers persist, resulting in a decline in hand washing compliance among health care workers. This finding can help managers and policymakers remove barriers to hand washing compliance and improve healthcare workers' adherence to hand washing. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9433968/ /pubmed/36062108 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.968231 Text en Copyright © 2022 Ahmadipour, Dehghan, Ahmadinejad, Jabarpour, Mangolian Shahrbabaki and Ebrahimi Rigi. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Ahmadipour, Maryam
Dehghan, Mahlagha
Ahmadinejad, Mehdi
Jabarpour, Maryam
Mangolian Shahrbabaki, Parvin
Ebrahimi Rigi, Zahra
Barriers to hand hygiene compliance in intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study
title Barriers to hand hygiene compliance in intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study
title_full Barriers to hand hygiene compliance in intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study
title_fullStr Barriers to hand hygiene compliance in intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study
title_full_unstemmed Barriers to hand hygiene compliance in intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study
title_short Barriers to hand hygiene compliance in intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study
title_sort barriers to hand hygiene compliance in intensive care units during the covid-19 pandemic: a qualitative study
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9433968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36062108
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.968231
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