Safe Hands Project in training on hand hygiene, previous to COVID-19

• Main Authors: Zenia Tamara Sánchez García, Jayce Díaz Díaz, Feliza Pérez Pérez, Yunia Araña Hernández, Lourdes Elena Duani Badell, Jacobo Cambil Martín
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos 2020-11-01
• Series: Medisur
• Subjects: higiene de las manos; desinfección de las manos; educación, infecciones por coronavirus
• Online Access: http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/4758

<p><strong>Background:</strong> training on hand hygiene is the most widely used strategy to improve the percentage of fulfillment with the instructions in this regard.<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to describe the results of the training in hand hygiene developed by the Safe Hands project, prior to COVID-19 in the Cienfuegos municipality.<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> retrospective descriptive study that gader training activities on hand hygiene developed in day care centers and schools in the Cienfuegos municipality as part of the Safe Hands project.<br /><strong>Results:</strong> training in hand hygiene in the Cienfuegos municipality allowed the knowledge of the correct technique to be brought to 120 children from day care centers, 169 children from primary schools and 140 adolescents from basic secondary education. A total of 1,356 workers from different sectors, and 411 health workers were trained.<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the training developed improved the knowledge and skills on hand hygiene among the participants, an extremely important fact to face subsequent events, since hand washing has been one of the main measures to avoid spreading COVID-19 to other people.</p>