치과위생사의 손위생 향상 관련 행동 인지도가 치과감염관리 수행도에 미치는 영향

Effects of dental hygienist s cognition of behavior related to the improvement of hand hygiene on performance of dental infection control

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to understand the effect of perception of behavior related to hand hygiene improvement on dental infection management performance among dental hygienists. Methods: A survey was conducted among 230 dental hygienists working in Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam. The collected data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis using the IBM SPSS 26.0 statistical program. Results: The findings indicated that dental hygienist s hand hygiene education showed the most significant value to the regular hand hygiene feedback(r=.736). The factors that positively influence the perception of hand hygiene-related behavior on dental infection management performance were hand hygiene education (p<.001), regular feedback on hand hygiene(p<.01), and patient’ hand hygiene requirements before contact(p<.05) appeared in order. Conclusions: The importance of hand hygiene by dental hygienists should be recognized, and basic data on the development and operation of infection control programs should be provided.