Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
An Intra-COVID-19 Assessment of Hand Hygiene Facility, Policy and Staff Compliance in Two Hospitals in Sierra Leone: Is There a Difference between Regional and Capital City Hospitals? |
| Authors: |
Sulaiman Lakoh, Emmanuel Firima, Christine Ellen Elleanor Williams, Sarah K. Conteh, Mohamed Boie Jalloh, Mohamed Gbeshay Sheku, Olukemi Adekanmbi, Stephen Sevalie, Sylvia Adama Kamara, Mohamed Akmed Salim Kamara, Umu Barrie, Gladys Nanilla Kamara, Le Yi, Xuejun Guo, Chukwuemeka Haffner, Matilda N. Kamara, Darlinda F. Jiba, Enanga Sonia Namanaga, Anna Maruta, Christiana Kallon, Joseph Sam Kanu, Gibrilla F. Deen, Mohamed Samai, Joseph Chukwudi Okeibunor, James B. W. Russell |
| Source: |
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 6, Iss 4, p 204 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: |
MDPI AG, 2021. |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Medicine |
| Subject Terms: |
hand hygiene, hand washing, alcohol-based hand rub, compliance, Sierra Leone, Medicine |
| More Details: |
Although hand hygiene (HH) is the most effective intervention to reduce the spread of infections, there are limited data on HH facilities, policy, and compliance in sub-Saharan Africa. This cross-sectional study is aimed at assessing HH using the WHO HH self-assessment framework, HH technical reference manual, and a modified infection control self-assessment tool in two hospitals in Sierra Leone. Only 10% and 9% of regional and capital city hospitals had running tap water, respectively. Veronica buckets were the resources for HH in 89% of units in the regional hospital and 92% of units in capital city hospital. Constant supply of soap and alcohol-based hand rub was available in 82% and 68%; and 74% and 79% of units in the capital city and regional hospitals, respectively. Only 10% of the units in both hospitals had hand-drying facilities and functional sinks. Overall HH compliance for the two hospitals was 18.6% and was higher in the regional (20.8%) than the capital city (17.0%) hospitals. The HH levels for the capital city and regional hospitals were 277.5 and 262.5 respectively. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, there are still challenges with HH compliance in Sierra Leone. It is, therefore, necessary to strengthen the HH multi-modal strategy. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2414-6366 |
| Relation: |
https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/6/4/204; https://doaj.org/toc/2414-6366 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/tropicalmed6040204 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/c3cb541e75804ff7b68e5fc45f3e6306 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.3cb541e75804ff7b68e5fc45f3e6306 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
