Elevate : The International Journal of Nursing Education, Practice and Research
Vol 1 No 1 (2018): Elevate, The International Journal of Nursing Education, Practice and Research

Analysis of Factors associated with Nurses’ Compliance on the Implementation of Hand Hygiene

Yuanita Ananda (Andalas University, Padang)
Netty Suharti (, Andalas University, Padang)
Mira Susanti (M. Djamil Hospital, Padang)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jul 2018

Abstract

Background: Nosocomial infections are a major problem facing in the hospitals and can be spread by hand contact. Hand hygiene is one of the easier and more effective ways to prevent the nosocomial infection. Purpose: To determine kind of factors associated with nurses’ compliance in implementing hand hygiene at the inpatient installation in hospital. Method: It was an analytical descriptive study which collected the data through cross sectional design. The sample was 73 nurses taken by using proportional random sampling. Results: The result of the study showed that the nurses perceives high motivation (60,3%), high social support (56,2%), high knowledge (93,2%), complete facility (54,8%), good supervision (54,8% %), and nurse compliance (76.7%). There is no significant relationship between social supports, knowledge, facilities, and supervision factors with nurse compliance of hand hygiene implementation. However, there is a relationship between motivation factor and nurse compliance in implementing the hand hygiene. Conclusion: Therefore, it is recommended for the hospital to give rewards to the nurses who implement the hand hygiene properly and provide appropriate punishment for those who do not implement the hand hygiene properly

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Journal Info

Abbrev

elevate

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Subject

Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

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Elevate aims to supply scientists of health with resources in order to provide the scientific knowledge through the publication of peer-reviewed, high quality, scientific papers and other material on all topics related to nursing and health sciences such as pharmacology, pharmacy, public health, ...