Personal Attitude Construct of Doctors in Hand Hygiene Compliance

Abstract

This study aimed to clarify the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral inclinations of doctors at Hospital A in situations where hand hygiene compliance is required and to examine future issues. A Personal Attitude Construct (PAC) analysis was conducted on five doctors, and the results were qualitatively and descriptively analyzed. Experience and guesswork influenced the decision to perform hand hygiene, and there was a lack of sufficient hand hygiene education and a system for group efforts. Prompting by others, posters, and rubbing alcohol hand sanitizer led to the recall of hand hygiene. To promote hand hygiene among doctors, it is necessary to set up hand hygiene reminders, develop role models among doctors, create a system that allows doctors to participate in hand hygiene promotion activities, provide sufficient hand hygiene education, and take an approach that fits doctors' interests.