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UNASSIGNED: Hand hygiene is recognized as the leading measure to prevent the cross-transmission of microorganisms and to reduce the incidence of healthcare-associated infections.
UNASSIGNED: To assess the knowledge and practice of hygiene among dental health workers even in the wake of Lassa fever.
UNASSIGNED: This questionnaire-based descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in four public hospitals in Edo state. All data were collected using a self-administered structured questionnaire after obtaining ethical clearance.
UNASSIGNED: 108 of the 120 questionnaires distributed were filled and returned giving a response rate of 90.0%. Overall assessment of respondents\' knowledge of hand hygiene revealed that 41.7% of the respondents possessed a good knowledge of hand hygiene, 37.0% had excellent knowledge, 17.6% had moderate and 3.7% had a weak knowledge of hand hygiene. Overall assessment of the practice of hand hygiene showed that the hand hygiene practice of 58.3% of respondents was fair while 37.0% practiced hand hygiene poorly. Only a few (5.6%) respondents had good hand hygiene practices.
UNASSIGNED: The outbreak of Lassa fever does not seem to positively influence the practice of hand hygiene among the respondents. While knowledge of hand hygiene is satisfactory in this study, the practice still leaves much to be desired.
UNASSIGNED: To assess the knowledge and practice of hygiene among dental health workers even in the wake of Lassa fever.
UNASSIGNED: This questionnaire-based descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in four public hospitals in Edo state. All data were collected using a self-administered structured questionnaire after obtaining ethical clearance.
UNASSIGNED: 108 of the 120 questionnaires distributed were filled and returned giving a response rate of 90.0%. Overall assessment of respondents\' knowledge of hand hygiene revealed that 41.7% of the respondents possessed a good knowledge of hand hygiene, 37.0% had excellent knowledge, 17.6% had moderate and 3.7% had a weak knowledge of hand hygiene. Overall assessment of the practice of hand hygiene showed that the hand hygiene practice of 58.3% of respondents was fair while 37.0% practiced hand hygiene poorly. Only a few (5.6%) respondents had good hand hygiene practices.
UNASSIGNED: The outbreak of Lassa fever does not seem to positively influence the practice of hand hygiene among the respondents. While knowledge of hand hygiene is satisfactory in this study, the practice still leaves much to be desired.
摘要：
■手部卫生被认为是防止微生物交叉传播和减少医疗保健相关感染发生率的主要措施。
■评估即使在拉沙热之后，牙科卫生工作者的卫生知识和实践。
■这项基于问卷调查的描述性横断面研究是在江户州的四家公立医院进行的。所有数据都是在获得伦理许可后使用自我管理的结构化问卷收集的。
■在分发的120份问卷中，有108份被填写并返回，回复率为90.0％。对受访者手部卫生知识的整体评估显示，41.7%的受访者具有良好的手部卫生知识，37.0%有优秀的知识，17.6％的中度和3.7％的手卫生知识薄弱。手卫生实践的总体评估显示，58.3％的受访者的手卫生实践是公平的，而37.0％的手卫生实践较差。只有少数（5.6％）的受访者有良好的手卫生习惯。
■拉沙热的爆发似乎并未对受访者的手卫生行为产生积极影响。虽然在这项研究中手卫生知识令人满意，这种做法仍然有很多不足之处。
■评估即使在拉沙热之后，牙科卫生工作者的卫生知识和实践。
■这项基于问卷调查的描述性横断面研究是在江户州的四家公立医院进行的。所有数据都是在获得伦理许可后使用自我管理的结构化问卷收集的。
■在分发的120份问卷中，有108份被填写并返回，回复率为90.0％。对受访者手部卫生知识的整体评估显示，41.7%的受访者具有良好的手部卫生知识，37.0%有优秀的知识，17.6％的中度和3.7％的手卫生知识薄弱。手卫生实践的总体评估显示，58.3％的受访者的手卫生实践是公平的，而37.0％的手卫生实践较差。只有少数（5.6％）的受访者有良好的手卫生习惯。
■拉沙热的爆发似乎并未对受访者的手卫生行为产生积极影响。虽然在这项研究中手卫生知识令人满意，这种做法仍然有很多不足之处。
