Hand washing practice among health care workers in a teaching hospital.

摘要: Background: Health care associated infection has been identified as one of the major challenges modern medicine and remains a health concern around globe. Hands health-care workers are potential vehicle for transmission pathogenic organisms within healthcare environment. Hand washing is widely accepted most effective measures in prevention infections. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to assess hand practice among doctors, intern nurses, medical students nursing multi specialty, non government tertiary teaching hospital Kathmandu. Summary statistics chi-square tests were performed type I error set at 0.05 analysis. Results: Out total 336 participants study, there significant difference (P<0.001). both before after patient examination found be highest followed by nurses. The frequency exposure instruments, blood or other body fluids remarkably high (more than 90%) all groups. Nearly 99% agreed upon fact that could an measure preventing Conclusions: understand importance but tend wash their hands selectively depending indications. majority before.