Hand Hygiene Practices and Microbial Investigation of Hand Contact Swab among Physiotherapists in an Ebola Endemic Region: Implications for Public Health
Table 3
Barriers to compliance with hand hygiene guidelines among physiotherapists.
Question (?)
Number
(%)
Is there a hand hygiene protocol in the physiotherapy department that you are aware of?
(i) Yes
34
77.3
(ii) No
5
11.4
(iii) Do not know
5
11.4
If there is a protocol, what do you estimate your compliance rate at?
(i) Never
1
2.3
(ii) 1–10%
1
2.3
(iii) 11–40%
6
13.6
(iv) 41–70%
17
38.6
(v) 71–100%
19
43.2
When you do not disinfect your hands (using soap or an alcohol handrub to kill microbes) when you should, what is the reason?
(i) Too busy
6
13.6
(ii) Forget
14
31.8
(iii) Unsure of need
1
2.3
(iv) Out of product(s)
14
31.8
(v) Product(s) not in convenient location
9
20.5
To what degree do you think there is a relationship between good hand hygiene practices and preventing hospital-acquired infections?
(i) Very weak
1
2.3
(ii) Weak
4
9.1
(iii) Neither weak nor strong
6
13.6
(iv) Strong
16
36.4
(v) Very strong
17
38.6
When working with a caregiver and you forget to disinfect your hands before touching a patient, what percent of the time does your colleague remind you?
(i) Never
12
27.3
(ii) 1–10%
10
22.7
(iii) 11–40%
14
31.8
(iv) 41–70%
5
11.4
(v) 71–100%
3
6.8
When working with a colleague who forgets to disinfects his/her hands before touching a patient, what percent of the time do you remind them?
(i) Never
11
25.0
(ii) 1–10%
9
20.5
(iii) 11–40%
8
18.2
(iv) 41–70%
11
25.0
(v) 71–100%
5
11.4
Please rate your satisfaction with the hand hygiene practices (including glove practices) currently used at your hospital
(i) Dissatisfied
5
11.4
(ii) Somewhat dissatisfied
1
2.3
(iii) Neutral
5
11.4
(iv) Somewhat satisfied
17
38.6
(v) Satisfied
16
36.4
Please rate your satisfaction with hand hygiene materials currently used at your hospital
