Healthcare workers' perceptions and acceptance of an electronic reminder system for hand hygiene
Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved..
BACKGROUND: Healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) have a large negative impact on morbidity, mortality, and quality of life. Approximately 9% of all patients hospitalized in Sweden suffer from HCAI. Hand hygiene plays a key role and is considered the single most important measure to reduce HCAI. The hospital organization works actively to reduce HCAI. Implementing electronic systems to remind and/or notify healthcare workers raises awareness of and adherence to hand hygiene. However, there is a paucity of studies addressing individuals' perceptions of having such a system and how the organization works.
AIM: To investigate healthcare workers' perceptions of infection prevention in the healthcare organization and perceptions and acceptance of an electronic reminder system that encourages good hand hygiene.
METHODS: Qualitative descriptive design with data collected in eight focus group interviews including assistant nurses, nurses, and physicians (N = 38). Content analysis was applied and data were related to the Theory of Planned Behaviour.
FINDINGS: Healthcare workers perceive lack of feedback from the hospital organization and are positive towards an electronic reminder system to increase adherence to hand hygiene. The electronic reminder system should not register data at an individual level since it could be used as an instrument for control by the management that could be stressful for staff.
CONCLUSION: In general, there is positive acceptance of the electronic reminder system, and the respondents perceived it as having the ability to change behaviour. However, the concept has to be further developed to protect the individual's integrity and needs to be used with feedback on a group level.
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2021 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:108 |
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The Journal of hospital infection - 108(2021) vom: 10. Feb., Seite 197-204 |
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| 520 | |a BACKGROUND: Healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) have a large negative impact on morbidity, mortality, and quality of life. Approximately 9% of all patients hospitalized in Sweden suffer from HCAI. Hand hygiene plays a key role and is considered the single most important measure to reduce HCAI. The hospital organization works actively to reduce HCAI. Implementing electronic systems to remind and/or notify healthcare workers raises awareness of and adherence to hand hygiene. However, there is a paucity of studies addressing individuals' perceptions of having such a system and how the organization works | ||
| 520 | |a AIM: To investigate healthcare workers' perceptions of infection prevention in the healthcare organization and perceptions and acceptance of an electronic reminder system that encourages good hand hygiene | ||
| 520 | |a METHODS: Qualitative descriptive design with data collected in eight focus group interviews including assistant nurses, nurses, and physicians (N = 38). Content analysis was applied and data were related to the Theory of Planned Behaviour | ||
| 520 | |a FINDINGS: Healthcare workers perceive lack of feedback from the hospital organization and are positive towards an electronic reminder system to increase adherence to hand hygiene. The electronic reminder system should not register data at an individual level since it could be used as an instrument for control by the management that could be stressful for staff | ||
| 520 | |a CONCLUSION: In general, there is positive acceptance of the electronic reminder system, and the respondents perceived it as having the ability to change behaviour. However, the concept has to be further developed to protect the individual's integrity and needs to be used with feedback on a group level | ||
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