Cumplimiento de higiene de manos por el personal de salud en el área de unidad de terapia intensiva de un hospital de tercer nivel, periodo 2021-2022.

Abstract

Hand hygiene is a procedure which reduces the number of microorganisms on the skin of the hands, it is effective in preventing nosocomial infections that represent one of the complications with the greatest impact on hospitalized patient care. These can be avoided with good hand washing. Objective: To determine the compliance with hand hygiene by health personnel in the intensive care units of a third level hospital, period 2021-2022. Methodology: Direct, cross-sectional observational study of prospective time, using the World Health Organization handwashing compliance form, supervision was carried out on the personnel of the different intensive care areas. Results: the health professionals of the assigned areas were observed, a total of 1.510 opportunities, compliance with hand washing was 744 and those who did not do any action was a total of 766, continuing with the percentage of compliance , health personnel according to profession, in assigned areas, 24.70% Nursing assistants, 39.21% nursing graduates, 5.56% treating physicians, 11.59% resident physicians, 10.66% others , 8.28% respiratory therapy, percentage of compliance by department in the critical medicine system areas, 14.44% in resuscitation, 13.77% 1st floor, 14.24% ICU-A, 16.36% ICU- B, 13.25% ICU-clinical, 14.64% ICU-burns, 13.31% ICU Valdez. Conclusions: a high percentage of hand hygiene was evidenced to nursing graduates, and in ICU B unit it has the highest percentage in hand hygiene.