Kenneth Ikenna Onyedibe

Department of Medical Microbiology, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria

Publications

• Original Article   
  An Observational and Trend Analysis Study of Hand Hygiene Practices of Healthcare Workers at A Private Nigerian Tertiary Hospital
  Author(s): Emmanuel Olushola Shobowale*, Kenneth Ikenna Onyedibe, Kenneth Benjamin Adegunle and Charles John Elikwu
  
  Background: Hand hygiene is a vital aspect of infection control and as such requires monitoring. Assessing compliance with hand hygiene and providing healthcare workers with feedback on their performance is important in any hospital hand hygiene improvement program. Aim: to investigate the degree of conformance with hand hygiene by healthcare personnel in a private tertiary hospital. Methods: a structured observational study to monitor conformance with hand hygiene during provision of patient care in a private health care facility in south west Nigeria, before and after institution of a hand-hygiene improvement campaign. Results: A total of 311 healthcare workers were observed from June 2015 to June 2016 with 1476 opportunities for hand hygiene. Improvements in hand hygiene occurred with a 33 % increase in.. Read More»