THE IMPORTANCE OF HYGIENE ROUTINES AND PRACTICES. : AN INTERVIEW STUDY WITH NURSES IN BALI, INDONESIA.

Abstract: Hygiene routines and practices is an important part of healthcare. Without hygiene routines there might not be a functional health care system nor would the hospitals be a safe environment. Patient safety is one of our most important tasks as nurses and in order to achieve that, we need good education. Of the actively working nurses in Indonesia 29% have a diploma, 1% has a higher degree and the remaining 60% only obtains a high school level of knowledge and education. Although the country is in development there are currently still problems in the education of nursing. The aim was to describe nurses’ experiences of hygiene routines and practices in hospitals in Bali, Indonesia. A qualitative interview study with semi structured interviews was carried out at hospitals in Bali, Indonesia. A qualitative content analysis was used to transcribe and analyze data from four interviews with different educated nurses. The result shows four themes and ten subthemes. In addition to hygiene and education, teamwork was also frequently mentioned. To make sure the patient was happy was also an answer given many times during the interviews. Some participators had a hard time explaining their experiences of hygiene routines and practices, which made it seem like they were lacking in knowledge due to shortage of context in education.