Application of PDCA in improving hand hygiene compliance and nosocomial infection quality in orthopedics†
Article Category: Original article
Published Online: Sep 16, 2024
Page range: 327 - 335
Received: Jan 15, 2024
Accepted: Apr 12, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2024-0036
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Objective
To explore the effect of the Plan-Do-Check-Action (PDCA) cycle on hand hygiene and nosocomial infection quality of orthopedic medical staff.
Methods
The whole year of 2021 was selected to monitor the quality of hand hygiene and hospitalization. Follow-up monitoring and real-time recording during the period of morning shift and medical operation concentration time, and compare the compliance of hand hygiene before and after implementation, and evaluate the quality of nosocomial infection.
Results
The hand hygiene compliance of doctors and nurses in stage P was 82%. The compliance of medical staff in stage D was 93%. The compliance of stage C was 94% and that of stage A was 95%. The quality score of hospital self-examination nosocomial infection was also significantly increased.
Conclusions
The PDCA management cycle can effectively improve the compliance of hand hygiene and the nosocomial infection quality, which is worthy of circulatory application in orthopedic nosocomial infection quality control, especially improving the quality of hand hygiene.