Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
- 제5권2호
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- Pages.21-30
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- 2003
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- 2383-6415(pISSN)
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- 2383-6423(eISSN)
배양검사를 통해 확인한 중환자실 직원의 손씻기 효과
Hand Hygiene Effects Measured by Hand Culture in Intensive Care Unit
- Jeong, Jae-Sim (Dept. of Clinical Nursing, Univ. of Ulsan) ;
- Choi, Jeong-Hwa (Dept. of Infection Control, Asan Medical Center) ;
- Lee, Soon-Haeng (Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Asan Medical Center) ;
- Kim, Yang-Soo (Div. of Infectious diseases and Dept. of Infection Control, Asan Medica Center Univ. of Ulsan)
- 발행 : 2003.12.27
초록
The effect of hand hygiene was measured by hand culture before and after hand hygiene for 86 nurses, doctors, and nurses aide/housekeepers in Surgical Intensive Care Unit. The subjects were asked to press their dominant hand in hand-shaped Mannitol salt agar immediately after patient contact and then washed their hand by preferred hand hygiene agents [soap and water, waterless alcohol gel, or 4% chlorhexidine gluconate detergent (CHG)], and cultured one hand again Amount of isolated microorganism was calculated by counting the number of divided areas (