Abstract
Focusing on hospital pharmacists and nurses, a questionnaire was used as a consciousness survey of measures to prevent contact infection. From February to April 2009, we received answers to the questionnaire from 119 pharmacists and 299 nurses. The significant items (p<0.05) for the pharmacists were “Recognition of Clostridium difficile and washing hands”, “Recognition of efficacy of alcohol disinfection against Pseudomonas aeruginosa”, and “Consciousness of indirect contact infection via medical charts”. The items significant for the nurses were “Timing to use quick-drying alcohol disinfecting wipes”, “Consciousness of contact infection with MRSA”, “Grasp of infectious carriers and patients with infection”, and “Washing hands and hand hygiene”. The item with especially large significant difference between the pharmacists and the nurses was “Consciousness of indirect contact infection via hospital clothes (27%, 66%), white coats (65%, 82%), stethoscopes (6%, 71%), bed railings (56%, 84%), and overbed tables (49%, 71%)”. To contribute to horizontal infection prevention, activities to further utilize the expertise of pharmacists and nurses in team medical care are required.
