Korean J Nosocomial Infect Control.  2008 Dec;13(2):97-104.

A Study on the Recognition and Performance of Nursing Students' Hand Washing

• Choi SI
• Yoon JW

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to inquire into the recognition and performance of nursing students' hand washing and propose basic data for upright recognition and performance as reserve nurses.
METHODS
A survey was carried out from September 1 to September 14, 2008 by first distributing questionnaires to 550 nursing collage students attending three-year-course or four-year-course colleges in Daegu. Of all the questionnaires later collected, only the copies received from the students, who were in their last year of college(416 copies), were used for analysis.
RESULTS
The recognition and performance of their hand washing averaged 3.49 and 4.08 points, respectively, showing that the level of recognition was higher than that of performance. In addition, the four-year-course nursing college students showed higher recognition level compared to the three-year-course nursing college students. However, the result was vice versa for the performance level.
CONCLUSION
It is necessary for nursing students, as reserve nurses, to receive an education to improve the recognition and performing level of hand washing.

Keyword

Nursing Students; Hand Washing; Recognition; Performance

MeSH Terms

Coat Protein Complex I
Hand
Hand Disinfection
Humans
Students, Nursing
Surveys and Questionnaires
Coat Protein Complex I