Game on for prevention: using gamification to assess and spread hand hygiene knowledge amongst healthcare workers.

IF 1.2 4区医学 Q4 MICROBIOLOGY

New Microbiologica Pub Date : 2025-07-01

Zeno Dalla Valle, Maria Elena Ales, Antonio Antonelli, Giulia Cattabianchi, Carlo Signorelli, Matteo Moro

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Abstract

Background: hand hygiene is vital for preventing healthcare-associated infections, yet compliance among healthcare workers is low. To address this, we created an interactive online quiz using gamification to promote self-assessment and education.

Methods: the quiz was emailed to healthcare workers and students at a teaching hospital in Milan, Italy. Responses from 28/09/2023 to 09/02/2024 were analyzed, comparing correct response rates and average scores across categories (physicians, professionals, assistants, students, and others).

Results: the gamification strategy led to high engagement, with 1,487 quizzes analyzed (14.0% of invited participants). Only 59% correctly identified the recommended handwashing duration, and 33% of physicians mistakenly thought it exceeded two minutes. Just 30% knew the WHO-recommended hand hygiene technique includes six steps. Half of respondents were unaware that soap is advised for C. difficile cases, though healthcare professionals were twice as likely as physicians to answer correctly. Healthcare professionals and assistants achieved significantly higher scores than physicians.

Conclusion: the findings highlighted a significant educational gap in hand hygiene knowledge among healthcare workers. However, strong engagement showed gamification's potential to address this gap. These results support combining gamification with other validated tools to improve compliance and knowledge.

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预防游戏：使用游戏化在卫生保健工作者中评估和传播手卫生知识。

背景：手卫生对于预防卫生保健相关感染至关重要，但卫生保健工作者的依从性很低。为了解决这个问题，我们创建了一个互动的在线测验，使用游戏化来促进自我评估和教育。方法：测试通过电子邮件发送给意大利米兰一家教学医院的医护人员和学生。对2023年9月28日至2024年2月9日的回复进行分析，比较不同类别（医生、专业人员、助理、学生和其他）的正确回答率和平均得分。结果：游戏化策略带来了高粘性，共分析了1487个测验（14.0%的受邀参与者）。只有59%的人正确地确定了建议的洗手时间，33%的医生错误地认为超过了两分钟。只有30%的人知道世卫组织推荐的手部卫生技术包括六个步骤。一半的受访者不知道对于艰难梭菌病例建议使用肥皂，尽管卫生保健专业人员回答正确的可能性是医生的两倍。医疗保健专业人员和助理的得分明显高于医生。结论：研究结果突出了卫生保健工作者在手卫生知识方面的显著教育差距。然而，强大的用户粘性显示了游戏化解决这一差距的潜力。这些结果支持将游戏化与其他经过验证的工具相结合，以提高依从性和知识。

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New Microbiologica 生物-微生物学

CiteScore

2.20

自引率

5.60%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The publication, diffusion and furtherance of research and study on all aspects of basic and clinical Microbiology and related fields are the chief aims of the journal.