Abstract

SKODOVA, Manuela; GIMENO BENITEZ, Alfredo; JIMENEZ ROMANO, María Ramona  and  GIMENO ORTIZ, Alfredo. Evaluation of education and skills in hand hygiene using ultraviolet light lamp. Index Enferm [online]. 2014, vol.23, n.3, pp.144-148. ISSN 1699-5988.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S1132-12962014000200006.

Objective: Hand hygiene (HH) is essential for a clean and safe healthcare. The future nurses have to acquire both, theoretical and practical, knowledge, competencies and skills on HH. Methods: The HH technique was evaluated using an alcoholic solution incorporating fluorescent marker and ultraviolet lamp, and recording regions of the hands with / without exposure. Results: We evaluated 71 students, 56.3% in the 2nd year and 43.7% of 3rd year of Nursing School. The 73.3% were women. The HH was performed very good or good by 45.1% of students. The areas that alcoholic solution didn't reached most frequently were thumbs (54.9%) and dorsal part of hand (46.5%). No significant differences between courses were found. Conclusions: The role of education is essential to lay the foundation of good technique in HH, in theoretical knowledge and in the development of skills and reinforcement of good practices.

Keywords : Nursing Student; Hand Hygiene; Skills y Evaluation.