Health Systems/Early Recovery, WHO, Nigeria, Nigeria
Oladipo Sotimehin is a Project and Finance Analyst at Sage Grey Limited. He was associated with Health Systems/Early Recovery, WHO, Nigeria. he is an active researcher of Public health
Research
Infection Prevention and Control in North-East Nigeria: An Assessment of
Hand Hygiene in Health Care Facilities in Protracted Crisis Environment
February 2019
Author(s): Daggash Batula Bishara, Sotimehin Oladipo, Mshelia Lawi, Nglass Ini, Owili Collins and Onuekwe E. Chima*
Introduction: Hand hygiene is the single most effective action to prevent the spread of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance among health care workers and patients. The lack of effective hand hygiene and materials for hand hygiene is a major problem for patient safety in health care facilities. We conducted this survey in February 2019 to assess the situation of hand hygiene in health care facilities in Borno State, the epicenter of insurgency in North-East Nigeria.
Method: An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to assess the situation of hand hygiene from 103 health care facilities selected from across Borno State. The questionnaire used was adopted from the WHO Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework at the facility level. It had five sections (System change, training, and education, evaluation and feedb.. View more»