言語聴覚士の感染対策の実態について—アンケート調査より

Results of a questionnaire survey into the current state of infection control by speech-language-hearing therapists

　本研究は言語聴覚士の感染対策の現状を把握し，安全かつ質の高い臨床の実施に向けた今後の課題を得ることが目的である．研究方法は2016年1月から4月に石川県言語聴覚士会会員160名を対象にアンケート調査を実施し，分析を行った．調査内容は，感染対策の知識，手指衛生，個人防護具(PPE)，感染の危険性についてであった．その結果，回答者の多くが感染対策研修を受講しており，感染対策に関する知識を有する一方で，回答者の80.9％が自身の感染に対する危険性を感じていながらも，飛沫曝露防止としての個人防護具を適切に選択し，装着されていない現状が明らかとなった．さらに，訓練場面では言語聴覚士特有の訓練様式によって感染対策の実施に苦慮していることが明らかとなった．

　We conducted a survey to assess the current state of infection control by speech-language-hearing therapists in order to determine methods for providing safe and high-quality therapy. The survey questionnaire was sent to 160 speech-language-hearing therapists (SLHTs) who were members of the Ishikawa Speech-Language-Hearing Therapists Association. The survey questions were designed to identify characteristics of the respondents, as well as information about their knowledge of infection control, hand hygiene, personal protective equipment, and infection exposure risks. The results revealed that many of the SLHTs have been given lectures about infection control and have knowledge of infection control. However, they do not wear personal protective equipment properly, and 80.9% of the respondents are worried about the risk of infection exposure. In addition, the results showed that SLHTs are struggling to perform infection control because of specific modalities of speech-language-hearing therapy.