Open AccessHand hygiene knowledge, attitude, practice and hand microflora analysis of staff nurses in a rural tertiary care hospital
Author(s) -
. Deepak,
Sameer Singh Faujdar,
Satish Kumar,
Priya Mehrishi,
Seema Solanki,
Amisha Sharma,
Suman Verma
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_773_20
Subject(s) - hygiene , medicine , macconkey agar , staphylococcus aureus , infection control , hand washing , pathogenic bacteria , health care , nursing , staphylococcus , agar plate , coagulase , nursing staff , microbiology and biotechnology , intensive care medicine , bacteria , pathology , biology , economics , genetics , economic growth
Hand hygiene play crucial role in infectious control. The present research is on accessing Knowledge, attitude, and practice of nursing staff regarding hand washing. Human hands are covered with several commensal and pathogenic microorganism. Pathogenic bacterial species especially Staphylococcus species are the most common to participate in nosocomial infections.