Abstract
The purpose of present study was to clarify the factors was relevant to hand washing of the nursing person in elderly people institution. The following five factors were extracted based on the results of the multivariable analysis of a questionnaire; 1) identifying the need for judging the effect of disinfection, 2) certain occasions of hand washing, 3) eagerness of learning technique of hand washing, 4) consciousness of the responsibility of hand washing, and 5) acquired techniques of hand washing. As the results, nursing person of short employment practiced hand washing significantly effective and their consciousness of the responsibility of hand washing was significantly stronger than nursing person of long employment. Implication for technical nursing education were discussed as promoting the "consciousness of the responsibility of hand washing" for preventing infection was the most important issue, and "acquired techniques of hand washing", or "identifying the need forjudging the effect of disinfection" were important secondly.
