Barriers and attitudes with hand hygiene performance among nursing staff during COVID-19 pandemic
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Barriers, Attitudes, Hand Hygiene, Nurse, COVID-19Abstract
This study aimed to fill this gap by assessing the barriers and attitudes regarding hand hygiene practice among nursing staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional design was carried out in three hospitals' Intensive Care Units from the period (20th December 2021 to 30th January 2022). A non-probability sampling method consists of (130) nurses who were selected purposively based on the study criteria. Results: The majority of the study participants (73.1%) had negative attitudes towards hand hygiene. The main barriers cited for not observing hand hygiene practices consistently were as heavy workload (93.1%), infrastructural deficit (90.8%), skin irritation (85.4%), and insufficient time (76.2%), respectively.
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