Current compliance with surgical hand hygiene practices among surgical staff at An Giang General Hospital, 2024

Objective: To evaluate the compliance with the surgical hand hygiene protocol among healthcare workers directly involved in surgical procedures at An Giang Provincial General Hospital in 2024.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 83 healthcare workers directly participating in surgeries at An Giang Provincial General Hospital. Each participant was observed twice during scheduled surgical procedures, yielding a total of 166 observation opportunities. Surgical hand hygiene practices were monitored via surveillance cameras installed in the hand hygiene area before the operating room. Compliance was assessed using a checklist based on Decision No. 3916/QĐ-BYT.

Results: Of the 166 observations, 156 (93.9%) complied with the surgical hand hygiene protocol. Compliance rates for Steps 1 through 4 were 96%, 93.9%, 95.8%, and 100%, respectively. Among the healthcare workers, scrub nurses exhibited the lowest compliance, while surgeons showed the highest compliance.

Conclusion: Overall compliance with the surgical hand hygiene protocol was 93.9%, ranging from 93.9% to 100% across the four steps

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