کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5566736 1563447 2017 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Smartphone text message service to foster hand hygiene compliance in health care workers
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
سرویس پیام نوشتاری گوشی هوشمند برای رعایت بهداشت دست در کارکنان مراقبت های بهداشتی
کلمات کلیدی
پیامک، بازخورد، یادآوری ها، مداخله، تشویق،
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری ایمنی شناسی و میکروب شناسی میکروب شناسی
چکیده انگلیسی

BackgroundHealth care-associated infections are a major worldwide public health issue. Hand hygiene is a major component in the prevention of pathogen transmission in hospitals, and hand hygiene adherence by health care workers is low in many studies. We report an intervention using text messages as reminders and feedback to improve hand hygiene adherence.Materials and methodsThe study is a historical comparison proof-of-concept study. Eighteen health care workers were monitored during 12 months by a radiofrequency identification system. Afterward we sent 2 types of text messages, congratulation or encouragement, and we studied the evolution of hand hygiene adherence.ResultsWe recorded 15,723 hand hygiene opportunities, 8,973 before intervention and 6,750 during and after the intervention. Using a multilevel logistic regression analysis, we found a significant increase in hand hygiene adherence during the intervention (odds ratio, 1.68) compared with the historical period.DiscussionDespite limitations due to the type of study, a text message encouraging personnel to be more vigilant is effective in increasing hand hygiene adherence in health care workers.ConclusionsText message feedback should be incorporated into multimodal approaches for improving hand hygiene compliance.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: American Journal of Infection Control - Volume 45, Issue 3, 1 March 2017, Pages 234-239
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