| Literature DB >> 35911625 |
I Fernández-Moreno1, R García-Díez2, M Vázquez-Calatayud3.
Abstract
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the world's healthcare systems were extremely strained. Intensive care units were stretched to capacity and healthcare facilities were forced to set up spaces to care for critically ill patients. Professionals were required to work in strenuous conditions, completely disrupting their work routines.In this scenario, hand hygiene and the use of gloves by healthcare professionals became a critical point of transmission risk.The results of the ENVIN study in 2020 and 2021, corresponding to the pandemic period, showed worrying data on the increase in infection rates, with rates rising by 250% at the worst moments of the pandemic. This suggested that excessive risk situations were occurring for the patient. Any preventive strategy must place correct hand hygiene and proper use of gloves among its priority objectives. For this reason, the Project Zero Advisory Board made a series of adaptations and recommendations based on available evidence and expert opinion related to hand hygiene and glove use during the pandemic situation to promote best practice in extreme situations. This article reviews the key aspects of hand hygiene as part of the WHO safety strategy, the main barriers to compliance and the main adaptations proposed by the Advisory Board of the Zero projects.Entities:
Keywords: Adaptations; COVID-19; Care-associated infection; Gloves; Hand hygiene; Recommendations
Year: 2022 PMID: 35911625 PMCID: PMC9308018 DOI: 10.1016/j.enfi.2022.06.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Enferm Intensiva ISSN: 1130-2399
Principales barreras para la higiene de manos con PBA
| Infraestructura | No disponer de suficientes dispensadores de PBA en el punto de atención del paciente. |
| Presentación del producto y método de dispensación | Una dispensación dificultosa hace que los profesionales directamente no la usen. |
| Capacitación | No existe correlación directa entre más formación, conocimiento y capacitación en una mejor tasa de adherencia a la higiene de manos. |
| Comportamiento | Existen rasgos conductuales que hacen que haya profesionales que se clasifican como no cumplidores a pesar de tener la capacitación y la formación adecuada. |
PBA: preparados de base alcohólica.
Figura 1Los 5 momentos para la higiene de manos de la OMS. Fuente: extraído de la traducción al español de la Guide to the Implementation of the WHO Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy 2009.