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Exploring patient participation in reducing health-care-related safety risks

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Patient <strong>participation</strong> <strong>in</strong> hand hygiene <strong>in</strong> Bulgarian <strong>health</strong> <strong>care</strong><br />

Table 3 .2 . Association between <strong>patient</strong>s’ beliefs and knowledge about HAIs and <strong>in</strong>fection<br />

control strategies and their <strong>in</strong>tention to ask HCWs whether they performed hand hygiene<br />

Beliefs and<br />

knowledge<br />

Proportion<br />

(%) of<br />

respondents<br />

Intend to ask nurses Intend to ask physicians<br />

OR<br />

95% CI<br />

Proportion<br />

95% CI<br />

Lower Upper<br />

p (%) of<br />

respondents<br />

OR<br />

Lower Upper<br />

Can you name the type of <strong>in</strong>fection <strong>patient</strong>s acquire <strong>in</strong> hospitals?<br />

Incorrect<br />

answer 55.9 1.000 50.0<br />

Nosocomial<br />

or HAI 44.1 0.839 0.412 1.706 0.627 50.0 1.333 0.655 2.714 0.428<br />

Have you received <strong>in</strong>formation about HAIs?<br />

No 45.8 1.000 45.0<br />

Yes 54.2 1.624 0.796 3.314 0.183 55.0 1.739 0.851 3.553 0.129<br />

Are you worried by the risk of an HAI?<br />

No 32.2 1.000 26.7<br />

Yes 67.8 0.301 0.120 0.755 0.011 73.3 0.582 0.245 1.383 0.220<br />

Do you th<strong>in</strong>k that HAIs are a serious problem?<br />

No 27.1 23.3<br />

Yes<br />

Hand hygiene <strong>in</strong>cludes:<br />

hand wash<strong>in</strong>g<br />

with water and<br />

72.9 0.228 0.077 0.670 0.007 76.7 0.411 0.153 1.103 0.077<br />

soap 54.2 1.046 0.514 2.126 0.902 53.3 0.975 0.480 1.981 0.944<br />

hand<br />

dis<strong>in</strong>fection<br />

with ABHR 30.5 1.568 0.697 3.529 0.277 28.3 1.265 0.564 2.836 0.568<br />

both 57.6 0.816 0.396 1.681 0.581 53.3 0.571 0.276 1.185 0.133<br />

What is the most important measure to prevent HAIs?<br />

Hand hygiene<br />

of medical<br />

staff 89.8 1.085 0.343 3.436 0.890 88.3 0.797 0.252 2.524 0.700<br />

Hand hygiene<br />

of <strong>patient</strong>s 83.1 1.017 0.397 2.604 0.972 80.0 0.667 0.258 1.720 0.402<br />

Others 15.3 1.740 0.579 5.228 0.324 13.3 1.231 0.417 3.633 0.707<br />

Before car<strong>in</strong>g for a <strong>patient</strong>, nurses wash their hands …<br />

never or<br />

sometimes 1.7 1.086 0.066 17.767 0.954 1.7 1.051 0.064 17.188 0.972<br />

always or<br />

most of the<br />

time 100.0 – – – – 100.0 – – – –<br />

Before car<strong>in</strong>g for a <strong>patient</strong>, physicians wash their hands …<br />

never or<br />

sometimes 1.7 1.086 0.066 17.767 0.954 1.7 1.051 0.064 17.188 0.972<br />

always or<br />

most of the<br />

time 98.3 0.000 0.000 – 1.000 100.0 2x10 9 0.000 – 1.000<br />

Source: based on data from the multivariate analysis discussed throughout this chapter and Longt<strong>in</strong> et al. (17).<br />

who answered “Yes” to the question “Have you received <strong>in</strong>formation about HAIs?”, their<br />

<strong>in</strong>tention to ask nurses/physicians was four times higher than for the group of <strong>patient</strong>s<br />

who answered “No”. For the question “Have you ever rem<strong>in</strong>ded a physician to wash her/<br />

his hands?”, 100% responded “No”, which may <strong>in</strong>dicate that communicat<strong>in</strong>g with nurses<br />

appears to be easier.<br />

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