Policy & Regulations
Soap and running water , one of the sanitation must haves , are the least items likely to be available in a health facility , reads the 2010 SPA report .
When a health facility lacks basic sanitation items like soap , running water and sanitizers , patients are more likely to pick new infections . According to the SPA , in the health facilities surveyed including hospitals , dispensaries , clinics , health centers and stand-alone Voluntary Counseling and Testing centers , seven out of eight do not provide full sanitation in all treatment areas .
In fact , for health facilities in Nairobi only three in five have running water throughout the year , according to the survey .
Additionally , a last year ’ s study done by physicians in Virginia Common Wealth University found that high compliance with hand hygiene and having proper waste disposal items reduce rates of Stapholococcus Aureus a bacteria which causes skin and soft tissue injury likely to be transmitted from an hospital environment by 95 per cent .
Percentage Specific health personnel compliance to hand hygiene : |
Source CDC 2015 |
|
After Touching a patients |
After blood Fluid Exposure |
Doctor |
7 % |
1.7 % |
Nurse |
22 % |
4 % |
Hand hygiene : Compliance Among Healthcare Workers |
Activity |
Percentage |
Simplified |
After Touching a patients |
14.2 % |
Seven in 50 health personnel |
Before Touching a patient |
3.7 % |
|
After Blood Fluid Exposure |
2.22 % |
One in 50 |
Source : CDC Kenya Antibiotic Consensus Symposium 2015 |
Health facilities with all sanitation items according to SPA 2010 Type of facility
Percentage with all items for infection control in all assessed service delivery areas
Number of facilities
Hospital |
12 % simplified as 3in 25 |
51 |
Health Center |
21 |
80 |
Maternity |
25 |
17 |
Clinic |
51 |
203 |
Dispensary |
35 |
340 |
Stand Alone VCT |
66 |
5 |
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