Table 1 Content of the HygiKo-SJT test items
From: Measuring hygiene competence: the picture-based situational judgement test HygiKo
Item | Content / Issue | Hygiene problem |
|---|---|---|
1 | Incorrect wearing of surgical face mask | Yes |
2 | Incorrect hand posture during pre-surgery dressing | Yes |
3 | Nurse incorrectly standing next to a sterile table | Yes |
4 | Wearing of personal items (wristwatch) at bedside | Yes |
5 | Personal sluice (incorrect changing of personal to work clothing) | Yes |
6 | Non-sterile suctioning of mucus | Yes |
7 | Putting blood sampling set down on patient’s bedside | Yes |
8 | Personal hygiene – nurse’s hair touching patients bed | Yes |
9 | Sterile hand gloves being transported in nurse’s dress pocket | Yes |
10 | Personal hygiene – tie touching patient’s bed blanket | Yes |
11 | Personal hygiene (artificial fingernails) in clinical practice | Yes |
12 | Reaching into care trolley drawer with contaminated hand gloves | Yes |
13 | Using care trolley in isolated patient room | Yes |
14 | Wearing medical work clothes in public areas | Yes |
15 | No-touch-technique | No |
16 | Hygienically transporting medical file on patient bed | No |
17 | Typing on computer keyboard wearing sterile hand gloves | Yes |
18 | Carrying infusion bottle in nurse’s dress pocket | Yes |
19 | Opening sterile syringe packaging | Yes |
20 | Wearing personal items (jewelry) in clinical practice | Yes |