International Emergency Nursing Vol. 62 May 2022
Do we need a pandemic to improve hygiene routines in the ambulance service? A cross-sectional study
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Title
International Emergency Nursing Vol. 62 May 2022
Do we need a pandemic to improve hygiene routines in the ambulance service? A cross-sectional study
Do we need a pandemic to improve hygiene routines in the ambulance service? A cross-sectional study
Subject
Covid-19, Emergency medical service, Ambulance service, Hygiene routines, Questionnaire
Description
Background: We know that ambulance staff may have sparse knowledge on how to comply with care approaches
that ensure appropriate hygiene in the ambulance, but we do not know if and how the COVID-19 pandemic has
affected ambulance staff’s perceived compliance with hygiene routines.
Aim: To investigate ambulance staff’s self-reported hand hygiene (HH) perceptions and compliance; and to
explore if and how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected ambulance staff’s perceived compliance with hygiene routines.
Methods: A cross-sectional study design using the WHO-validated Perception Survey for Healthcare Workers regarding hygiene. Thematic analysis and descriptive statistics were used for analysis.
Results: 204 surveys were analysed, 92% of participants stated that their hygiene routine compliance had
improved during the COVID-19 pandemic, and some participants also described that their colleagues’ practice had improved. These improvements were reportedly driven by the need to acquire new knowledge to deal with the pandemic and sometimes with fear.
Conclusions: Experience acquired during the pandemic needs to be sustainable if we are to increase HH and hygiene routine compliance in ambulance services. Interventions aimed at changing ambulance staff’s perceived behaviour are warranted, and stakeholders should try and identify the personal motivations that lead these staff to seek self-betterment regarding HH and hygiene routine compliance. Otherwise, the risk of patients suffering from healthcare-associated infection may not decrease as wished.
that ensure appropriate hygiene in the ambulance, but we do not know if and how the COVID-19 pandemic has
affected ambulance staff’s perceived compliance with hygiene routines.
Aim: To investigate ambulance staff’s self-reported hand hygiene (HH) perceptions and compliance; and to
explore if and how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected ambulance staff’s perceived compliance with hygiene routines.
Methods: A cross-sectional study design using the WHO-validated Perception Survey for Healthcare Workers regarding hygiene. Thematic analysis and descriptive statistics were used for analysis.
Results: 204 surveys were analysed, 92% of participants stated that their hygiene routine compliance had
improved during the COVID-19 pandemic, and some participants also described that their colleagues’ practice had improved. These improvements were reportedly driven by the need to acquire new knowledge to deal with the pandemic and sometimes with fear.
Conclusions: Experience acquired during the pandemic needs to be sustainable if we are to increase HH and hygiene routine compliance in ambulance services. Interventions aimed at changing ambulance staff’s perceived behaviour are warranted, and stakeholders should try and identify the personal motivations that lead these staff to seek self-betterment regarding HH and hygiene routine compliance. Otherwise, the risk of patients suffering from healthcare-associated infection may not decrease as wished.
Creator
H. Olsson, S. Olsson, L. Sturesson, V. Lindstrom
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd.
Date
May 2022
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Rights
1755-599X
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
Coverage
International Emergency Nursing Vol. 62 May 2022
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Citation
H. Olsson, S. Olsson, L. Sturesson, V. Lindstrom , “International Emergency Nursing Vol. 62 May 2022
Do we need a pandemic to improve hygiene routines in the ambulance service? A cross-sectional study,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed February 5, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/1727.
Do we need a pandemic to improve hygiene routines in the ambulance service? A cross-sectional study,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed February 5, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/1727.