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 Volume 11, Issue 2 (February 2024), Pages: 212-218

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 Technical Note

Nurses' knowledge and attitudes towards hand hygiene in Aceh, Indonesia: A correlational study among surgical nurses

 Author(s): 

 Abdurrahman Abdurrahman 1, Ardia Putra 2, *

 Affiliation(s):

 1Department of Nursing, Poltekkes Kementerian Kesehatan Aceh, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
 2Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5353-7907

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2024.02.022

 Abstract

This study aims to thoroughly examine nurses' knowledge and attitudes about hand hygiene and investigate how these factors are related. Conducted in a hospital environment, the research aims to gather detailed information to help develop better hand hygiene practices among nurses. Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) pose a global issue, impacting numerous people each year. However, consistent hand hygiene can greatly reduce these infections. Nurses are vital in preventing HAIs, and this study looks at the hand hygiene behaviors of thirty-three surgical nurses. The research involved collecting data through three questionnaires and analyzing it with the Pearson correlation test. The results revealed that the average knowledge score of the nurses was 11.6, and their average attitude score was 16.33. There was a strong correlation (r=0.688) between the nurses' knowledge and their attitudes towards hand hygiene practices. Moreover, a significant positive correlation (ρ-value of 0.000) was observed, indicating a meaningful relationship between knowledge levels and attitudes towards hand hygiene. The findings suggest that enhancing knowledge about hand hygiene results in a more positive attitude towards its practices. The role of the hospital ward manager is crucial in maintaining proper hand hygiene among staff. As a role model, supervisor, and evaluator, the ward manager significantly influences awareness and adherence to good hand hygiene practices. Additionally, the hospital should provide adequate support and resources to enable staff to perform hand hygiene effectively.

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Knowledge, Attitude, Handwashing, Nurse, Healthcare-associated infections

 Article history

 Received 12 June 2023, Received in revised form 26 January 2024, Accepted 2 February 2024

 Acknowledgment 

We are grateful for the time and knowledge of the nurses who participated in this study.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Abdurrahman A and Putra A (2024). Nurses' knowledge and attitudes towards hand hygiene in Aceh, Indonesia: A correlational study among surgical nurses. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 11(2): 212-218

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