Evaluation of infection prevention and control preparedness in acute care nurses: Factors influencing adherence to standard precautions

Lim, Siew Hoon; Bouchoucha, Stéphane; Aloweni, Fazila; Suhari, Nur' Azzah Bte

doi:10.1016/j.idh.2020.11.005

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“…In an Italian qualitative study on Intensive Care Unit nurses' compliance with SPs, the pressure of limited time, inadequate competencies regarding SPs, and overcrowding during emergency conditions were identified as the causes of poor compliance with SPs (Donati et al, 2019 ). Nurses comply and adhere to SPs when they have role models to follow, and when there is constant reinforcement from those role models and training from their facilities (Lim et al, 2021 ).…”

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Nursing staff compliance and adherence to standard precautions during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐sectional study

Berdida

2022

Nursing & Health Sciences

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This study investigated the compliance and adherence of nursing staff (nurses, nursing assistants, and midwives) to standard precautions (SPs). A cross‐sectional design while adhering to STROBE guidelines was used for this study. Nursing staff from a government tertiary hospital ( n = 515) were recruited and completed the Compliance with Standard Precautions Scale (CSPS) and Factors Influencing Adherence to Standard Precautions Scale (FIASPS). Analysis of variance, Pearson's correlation, and linear regression analysis were used to analyze the data. The overall average compliance with the SPs of the nursing staff was suboptimal, and the disposal of sharps domain had the lowest compliance. Nurses were more compliant with sharps disposal, and nursing assistants with waste disposal. Contextual cues were the most influential factor influencing participants' adherence to SPs. All CSPS domains were significantly correlated with the Contextual cues factor of the FIASPS. Finally, service years and educational attainment were significant predictors of SPs adherence. The findings underscore the organization's critical responsibility for actively enforcing policies using monitoring systems and contextual cues in the workplace to ensure staff compliance and adherence with SPs.

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Nursing staff compliance and adherence to standard precautions during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐sectional study

Berdida

2022

Nursing & Health Sciences

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“…The constantly changing nature of providing and receiving information as well as uncertainty and inadequacy of training processes has made it imperative for nurses and other healthcare practitioners to have supplementary support for learning and knowledge building. A salient question during the COVID-19 pandemic is to ascertain how to support frontline practitioners like nurses for continued learning and pandemic preparedness ( 45 ). Improving training support requires a multi-pronged approach, with support coming in not just from hospital administration and the government, but also public health experts and the private sector.…”

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“…In fact, multiple platforms or methods of communication are preferred for receiving training and accessing information related to infection prevention and disease management ( 46 ). The long and erratic work hours during the coronavirus pandemic has necessitated that nurses be supported with different modes of training which suits their schedule ( 45 ). Single didactic training sessions with large number of participants have received less appreciation from participants.…”

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WhatsApp-Delivered Intervention for Continued Learning for Nurses in Pakistan During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a Randomized-Controlled Trial

Jafree

Zakar

Rafiq

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated support for continued learning in frontline practitioners through online digital mediums that are convenient and fast to maintain physical distancing. Nurses are already neglected professionals for support in training for infection control, leadership, and communication in Pakistan and other developing countries. For that reason, we aimed to deliver a WhatsApp-based intervention for continued learning in nurses who are currently working in both private and public sector. A 12-week intervention was delivered to 208 nurses (102 in the control group and 106 in the intervention group) who had been employed in the clinical setting during data collection. The analysis reveals that nurses in the intervention group show significantly better results for learning in “infection prevention and control” and “leadership and communication.” Results of a content analysis based on participant's feedback also confirm that the WhatsApp-based intervention is a valuable tool for education. This study highlights the effectiveness of online-based digital interventions as a convenient training tool for awareness and management of infectious diseases, leadership, and communication during COVID-19 and beyond. Furthermore, this study emphasizes that group interventions with other healthcare practitioners and the role of on-going longer WhatsApp-based interventions can become integral tools to support continued learning and patient safety practices.

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“…HCWs, especially nurses, are at risk of acquiring infection through occupational exposure in different healthcare settings than general population in the community [6,7] and the compliance to standard precautions in all situations would be acted as one of the most effective methods to minimum the cross-transmission, regardless of suspected or confirmed infection status of the patients [8]. Despite a significant preparedness and improvement after getting experience from the past epidemics, compliance with optimal practices remains insufficient in general among HCWs and the compliance rates also varied among different elements of the standard precaution [9][10][11].…”

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Compliance with Standard Precautions and Its Relationship with Views on Infection Control and Prevention Policy among Healthcare Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic

Wong

Dong

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Background: Standard precautions prevent the spread of infections in healthcare settings. Incompliance with infection control guidelines of healthcare workers (HCWs) may increase their risk of exposure to infectious disease, especially under pandemics. The purpose of this study was to assess the level of compliance with the infection prevention and control practices among HCWs in different healthcare settings and its relationship with their views on workplace infection control measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Nurses in Hong Kong were invited to respond to a cross-sectional online survey, in which their views on workplace infection and prevention policy, compliance with standard precautions and self-reported health during pandemics were collected. Results: The respondents were dissatisfied with workplace infection and prevention policy in terms of comprehensiveness (62%), clarity (64%), timeliness (63%), and transparency (60%). For the protective behavior, the respondents did not fully comply with the standard precautions when they were involved in medical care. Their compliance was relatively low when having proper patient handling (54%) and performing invasive procedures (46%). A multivariate analysis model proved that the level of compliance of the standard precautions was positively associated with the satisfaction on infection control and prevention policy among high risk group (0.020; 95% CI: 0.005–0.036), while older respondents had higher level of compliance among the inpatient and outpatient groups (coefficient range: 0.065–0.076). The higher level of compliance was also significantly associated with working in designated team and having chronic condition of the respondents among high-risk and inpatient groups. Conclusions: Standard precautions are the most important elements to reduce cross-transmission among HCWs and patients while the satisfaction on infection control and prevention policy would increase the compliance among the high-risk group. An overall suboptimal compliance and poor views on the infection prevention and control guidelines is a warning signal to healthcare system especially during pandemics.

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Evaluation of infection prevention and control preparedness in acute care nurses: Factors influencing adherence to standard precautions

Cited by 15 publications

References 16 publications

Nursing staff compliance and adherence to standard precautions during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐sectional study

Nursing staff compliance and adherence to standard precautions during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐sectional study

WhatsApp-Delivered Intervention for Continued Learning for Nurses in Pakistan During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a Randomized-Controlled Trial

Compliance with Standard Precautions and Its Relationship with Views on Infection Control and Prevention Policy among Healthcare Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic

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