A 2-week, cross-sectional survey of hospitalized patients and their family members was conducted using an anonymous, self-reporting questionnaire in a large teaching hospital in Taiwan.
Of the 859 respondents, 89.8 % considered hand hygiene important, and 75.9 % would take hand hygiene practices into consideration when they choose a hospital. Most respondents (78.4 % ) would like more information on hand hygiene, particularly persons who have had experience with health care-associated infection (odds ratio, 2.48; 95 % confidence interval, 1.57-3.89; P < .001). Respondents would be more willing to ask a doctor or nurse to wash his or her hands if they knew that the doctor or nurse would appreciate the reminder (doctor: from 48.9 % to 74.6 % [P < .001]; nurse: from 50.8 % to 76.3 % [P?<?.001]).
Hand hygiene is considered important by most patients and family members and plays an influential role in their choice of a hospital or doctor. Persons with experience with health care-associated infections have the greatest motivation to participate in hand hygiene.
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