HAND HYGIENE AS A GUARANTEE OF TREATMENT SAFETY: CURRENT STATE OF THE PROBLEM AND PROSPECTS OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY

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https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2021.2.12136

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nosocomial infections, hand hygiene, medical personnel, education

Abstract

Purpose: to analyze the current state of the problem of prevention of nosocomial infections and determine the importance of good hand hygiene by medical staff. Justify the feasibility of modernizing curricula to understand the importance of learning practical skills for hand hygiene.

Materials and Methods. We have used bibliographic and information-analytical methods in the study. Scientific and regulatory bases are information and working documents of the WHO and the WHO European Regional Office, current orders and instructions of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, electronic database of medical and biological publications PubMed.

Results. Nosocomial infections occur in 5–10 % of hospitalized patients in developed countries and in 20% of patients in countries with low living standards. Infections have different effects on patients, and are not limited to prolonged hospital stays, and can cause pneumonia and death. Nosocomial infections increase financial costs for patients and healthcare facilities. These infections are difficult to treat with antibiotics, increasing resistance to many antibacterial agents, especially in the presence of gram-negative microflora. Proper hand hygiene of healthcare professionals can significantly reduce the transmission of bacterial pathogens, and the widespread implementation of training programs increases the commitment to proper hand hygiene in health care facilities by 40–50 %

Conclusions. Nosocomial infections are a global problem in modern medicine and a key factor in its spread is the hands of medical staff. These infections are difficult to treat with antibiotics, respectively, increasing resistance to most antibacterial agents. Proper hand hygiene among healthcare professionals can significantly reduce the transmission of bacterial organisms. Increasing the commitment of medical staff to ensure hand hygiene can be achieved by modernizing educational programs, lectures, workshops and training for students.

Author Biographies

V. V. Vashchuk, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine

PhD (Medicine), Associate Professor of the Department of General Surgery, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University

T. P. Kyryk, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine

PhD (Medicine), Associate Professor of the Department of General Surgery, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University

H. I. Herych, Municipal non-profit enterprise «Lviv Municipal Emergency Hospital», Lviv, Ukraine

Head of the First surgical department of the Municipal non-profit enterprise "Lviv's Municipal Emergency Hospital"

M. I. Kushnirchuk, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine

PhD (Medicine), Associate of the Department of General Surgery, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University

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2021-09-22

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Vashchuk, V. V., Kyryk, T. P., Herych, H. I., & Kushnirchuk, M. I. (2021). HAND HYGIENE AS A GUARANTEE OF TREATMENT SAFETY: CURRENT STATE OF THE PROBLEM AND PROSPECTS OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY. Bulletin of Social Hygiene and Health Protection Organization of Ukraine, (2), 57–61. https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2021.2.12136

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