Knowledge and Compliance to Hand Hygiene Among Anesthesiologists in the Operation Room in Sudan 2022

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Abstract Objectives This study aims to assess anesthesiology registrars’ knowledge and compliance with Hand hygiene strategies in the operation room and ICU in Sudan in 2022. Materials and Methods This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted among anesthesiology registrars registered in the Sudanese Council of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. Data was collected by the researcher using a self-administered Google form questionnaire assessing knowledge about patient prevention, self-protection, alcohol-based rubbing, hand washing using soap and water, and compliance with the WHO 5 moments hand hygiene practice, then analyzed by SPSS V 28 software. Results The study included 150 anesthesiology registrars with a mean age of 31 ± 4 years and a female majority of 67%. Overall, the majority 88% have a fair knowledge regarding hand hygiene, 12% have poor knowledge, and 65% were compliant with all the recommended 5 moments of hand hygiene. Analysis of Factors affecting participants’ compliance with WHO 5 moments revealed that only experience was associated with the participants’ compliance. Conclusion Many gaps in knowledge about hand hygiene were identified regarding patients and self-protection, and hand washing and rubbing, thus, anesthesiology registrars had poor to fair knowledge regarding hand hygiene. While 65% of them are compliant with the WHO 5 Moments hand hygiene. Compliance with the WHO 5 Moments hand hygiene was associated with participants' experience.