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A Descriptive Study of the Handwashing Environment in a Long-Term Care Facility

Joy L. Hattula

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Patricia E. Stevens

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

The authors present a clinical research project accomplished by a nurse during her first year of practice after graduating from a B. S. N. program. In her caregiving at a long-term care facility subacute unit, she was unable to do proper handwashing. The poorly placed pump-style paper towel dispensers were inadequate for the task She knew that handwashing before and after resident contact is the single most effective infection control measure to prevent nosocomial infections. In consultation with her university professor, she designed and implemented a descriptive study of the facility's handwashing environment She mapped and measured handwashing areas, explained constrictions the environment placed on hand washing technique, collected random cultures from the sinks and dispenser levers, and illustrated for administrative and auxiliary personnel the basic principles of microbiology. Implications for infection prevention and control in long-term care facilities are discussed in light of increased "high-end skilled nursing" being offered in subacute units.

Clinical Nursing Research, Vol. 6, No. 4, 363-374 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/105477389700600406
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