Hand hygiene and standard hygiene precautions in healthcare settings Monastir Tunisia 2019

Abstract To ensure adherence to standard hygiene precautions in healthcare settings, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that compliance with these precautions be assessed in any care setting through periodic audits to improve the quality and safety of care procedures This was a cross-sectional descriptive study that was conducted in the University Hospital of Monastir during the month of July 2019.It was a self-administered questionnaire that explored the knowledge and attitudes in terms of standard precautions in hospital hygiene and administred to the various occupational categories involved in each department. The data was entered and analyzed by the SPSS 20 software. A total of 440 health professionals responded to the questionnaire with a Sex-ratio of 0.55.The median age was 30 years with an IQR [26,36]. The median length of professional service was 5 years IQR[2,9]. In terms of training on standard precautions, 69.3% were trained, of which 64.5% had training of less than 5 years. More than half, 54.6% of professionals knew where to find a procedure or sign “what to do if exposed to blood”. Concerning the attitudes of professionals, the majority applied the standard precautions of the various topics and more specifically hand hygiene. Our results showed acceptable adherence to standard precautions (glove hygiene, etc.) except for accidents during blood exposure which encourage us to follow an action plan with corrective actions. Key messages Acceptable adherence to standard precautions. Accident at exposure to blood need to be controlled.