Hand hygiene compliance of healthcare professionals in an emergency department

Abstract OBJECTIVE To analyze compliance with hand hygiene by healthcare professionals in an emergency department unit. METHOD This is a longitudinal quantitative study developed in 2015 with healthcare professionals from a university hospital in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Each professional was monitored three times by direct non-participant observation at WHO’s five recommended moments in hand hygiene, taking the concepts of opportunity, indication and action into account. Descriptive and analytical statistics were used. RESULTS Fifty-nine healthcare professionals participated in the study. The compliance rate was 54.2%. Nurses and physiotherapists showed a compliance rate of 66.6% and resident physicians, 41.3%. When compliance was compared among professional categories, nurses showed greater compliance than resident physicians (OR = 2.83, CI = 95%: 1.09-7.34). CONCLUSION Hand hygiene compliance was low. Multidisciplinary approaches could be important strategies for forming partnerships to develop learning and implementation of hand hygiene practices

Qualidade de vida no trabalho e distúrbios osteomusculares relacionados ao trabalho entre profissionais de enfermagem Calidad de vida en el trabajo y disturbios osteomusculares relacionados al trabajo entre profesionales de enfermería Quality of work life and work-related musculoskeletal disorders among nursing professionals

OBJETIVO: Avaliar a associação de Qualidade de Vida no Trabalho (QVT) com os distúrbios osteomusculares (DORT) entre profissionais de enfermagem que trabalham em bloco cirúrgico. MÉTODOS: Estudo de abordagem quantitativa, descritivo, transversal e correlacional, do qual participaram 211 trabalhadores de Enfermagem de 11 hospitais de Londrina-PR, Brasil. Para coleta de dados, foram utilizados três instrumentos: caracterização sociodemográfica e profissional, Escala Visual Analógica e o Questionário Nórdico. RESULTADOS: A maioria dos participantes era de auxiliares de enfermagem (62,6%), do sexo feminino (87,1%), casados (54,5%), com idade média de 40 anos. Dentre os participantes, 38,9% apresentavam queixas osteomusculares na região inferior das costas e 37,9%, na região dos ombros. Neste estudo, a QVT obteve associação estatisticamente significante com os distúrbios osteomusculares na região lombar e dos ombros nos últimos 12 meses (p=0,00). CONCLUSÃO: A ausência de lombalgia contribuiu significativamente para elevar a medida de QVT (p=0,010), embora o modelo final de regressão tenha explicado, apenas 22,6% da variância da medida de QVT.<br>OBJETIVO: Evaluar la asociación de Calidad de Vida en el Trabajo (CVT) con los disturbios osteomusculares (DORT) entre profesionales de enfermería que trabajan en una área quirúrgica. MÉTODOS: Estudio de abordaje cuantitativa, descriptiva, transversal y correlacional, en la que participaron 211 trabajadores de Enfermería de 11 hospitales de Londrina-PR, Brasil. Para la recolección de los datos, fueron utilizados tres instrumentos: caracterización sociodemográfica y profesional, Escala Visual Analógica y el Cuestionario Nórdico. RESULTADOS: La mayoría de los participantes era de auxiliares de enfermería (62,6%), del género femenino (87,1%), casados (54,5%), con edad promedio de 40 años. De los participantes, 38,9% presentaban quejas osteomusculares en la región inferior de la espalda y 37,9%, en la región de los hombros. En este estudio, la CVT obtuvo asociación estadísticamente significativa con los disturbios osteomusculares en la región lumbar y de los hombros en los últimos 12 meses (p=0,00). CONCLUSIÓN: La ausencia de lumbalgia contribuyó significativamente a elevar la medida de CVT (p=0,010), a pesar que el modelo final de regresión haya explicado, apenas el 22,6% de la varianza de la medida de CVT.<br>OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association of Quality of Work Life (QWL) with musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among nursing professionals working in the surgical unit. METHODS: A quantitative descriptive, cross-sectional and correlational approach, in which 211 nursing workers participated, from 11 hospitals in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil. For data collection, three instruments were used: sociodemographic and professional characteristics, the Visual Analogue Scale, and the Nordic Questionnaire. RESULTS: The majority of participants were auxiliary nurses (62.6%), female gender (87.1%), married (54.5%), with a mean age of 40 years. Among the participants, 38.9% presented with musculoskeletal complaints in the lumbar region and 37.9% in the shoulder region. In this study, the QWL obtained a statistically significant association with the musculoskeletal disorders in the lumbar region and shoulders over the past 12 months (p = 0.00). CONCLUSION: The absence of lumbar pain contributed significantly to elevating the measure of QWL (p = 0.010), although the final regression model explained only 22.6% of the variance of the measure of QWL