Knowledge of infection control practices among intensive care nurses in a tertiary care hospital

Sodhi, Kanwalpreet; Shrivastava, Anurag; Arya, Muktanjali; M, Krishna Kumar

doi:10.1016/j.jiph.2013.02.004

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“…However, they might lack the opportunity for MDRO education, as these guidelines have recently been issued. In contrast to the present study, the knowledge scores about MDRO in studies conducted in ICUs showed as high as a 77.2 to 84.4% correct answer rate (Shon & Park, ; Sodhi, Shrivastava, Arya, & Kumar, ). These higher rates may be because education for MDRO is focused primarily on the ICU, which carries a high risk of infection.…”

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“…In addition, availability of materials and equipment could affect compliance with IPC (Luo et al, 2010;Pereira et al, 2015). The result that providing sufficient resources and training improved handwashing from 66 to 97% (Helms, Dorval, Laurent, & Winter, 2010) (Shon & Park, 2016;Sodhi, Shrivastava, Arya, & Kumar, 2013). These higher rates may be because education for MDRO is focused primarily on the ICU, which carries a high risk of infection.…”

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Factors contributing to clinical nurse compliance with infection prevention and control practices: A cross‐sectional study

Kim

Hwang

2019

Nursing & Health Sciences

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Although healthcare‐associated infection is preventable, low compliance with infection prevention and control practices has been a significant issue for hospitals. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, perceived safe environment, and compliance of clinical nurses and to identify the factors contributing to compliance with infection prevention and control practices. A cross‐sectional study was conducted with 197 nurses who worked in university hospitals in Korea. Data were collected using a self‐administrated questionnaire. Nurses correctly answered 67.4% of the questions regarding infection prevention and control knowledge, with the lowest correct scores (55%) related to multidrug‐resistant organisms. Nurses demonstrated favorable attitudes toward infection prevention and control (6.5 of 8) and favorable perceptions regarding safe environment (7.75 of 9). The overall compliance score was 87.41 of 100. Nurses' attitudes, perceived safe environment, and period of clinical experience had significant positive contributions to compliance. Among employment departments, the intensive care unit was associated with higher compliance. Our findings indicate that institutional support for safe environments should be combined with ongoing education for improving knowledge and attitudes of nurses, especially in general wards.

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Factors contributing to clinical nurse compliance with infection prevention and control practices: A cross‐sectional study

Kim

Hwang

2019

Nursing & Health Sciences

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“…The results revealed that nursing students have attained a relatively modest level of perspective on training hospitals' infection prevention climate (M = 3.32, SD = 0.62). This result was in accordance with a study conducted in China , Ethiopia (Wami et al, 2016), and India (Sodhi et al, 2013). However, this result was lower than that conducted among nurses in Saudi Arabia (M = 3.86, SD = 0.51) (Colet et al, 2018).…”

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Assessment of nursing students perceptions of their training hospital's infection prevention climate: A multi-university study in Saudi Arabia

Tumala

Almazan

Alabdulaziz

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Nurse Education Today

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A B S T R A C TBackground: The risk of acquiring and spreading infection must be minimized in nursing students because they are exposed to healthcare-associated infections during clinical training. To achieve this goal, students should be knowledgeable and competent in infection control practice before proceeding to their training hospitals. Objectives: This study assessed the nursing students' perception of the infection prevention climate in training hospitals in Saudi Arabia. It also examined the predictors of the students' perceptions. Design: A quantitative, cross-sectional design was used. Methods: This investigation was part of a large study conducted in six Saudi universities. A total of 829 Saudi nursing students were included in this study. Data were collected using the Leading Culture of Quality in Infection Prevention scale and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Ethical approval was obtained from the King Saud University, and permission was given by the administration of each participating university. Results: The overall perception of nursing students indicated a modest infection prevention climate. Prioritization of quality and improvement orientation was rated as the highest dimensions, whereas psychological safety and supportive environment were the lowest. The nursing students in University F had the poorest perceptions among the six universities. The predictors of nursing student perception of their training hospitals' infection prevention climates were the university where they studied, their age, and participation in infection prevention seminars. Conclusions: This article describes nursing students' perception of the infection prevention climate of their training hospitals in Saudi Arabia. Results may provide a unique theoretical underpinning on the perception and factors that effect an infection prevention climate. Thereby, previous knowledge and literature may be expanded. Results can be used as a guide in establishing clinical policies in efforts toward improving the infection prevention climate.

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“…The primary goal of the present study was to assess the knowledge and a tude of HCWs on IC and SPs. Studies have reported different levels of knowledge related to IC in HCWs, and the propor on of HCWs who were aware of 8,9 these prac ces ranged from 16-75%.…”

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Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Infection Control and Standard Precautions among Healthcare Workers of Rural Nepal

Rajbhandari

Sagtani

Thapa

et al. 2018

Birat J. Health Sci.

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Introduction: A healthcare associated infection (HCAI) during patient care is an emerging challenge to healthcare service delivery. Transmission of most of these HCAIs can be prevented through application of standard precautions which are a set of infection control practices followed during patient care, whether or not they appear infectious or symptomatic.Objective: This study aims to assess the existing knowledge and attitude on infection control and standard precautions among healthcare personnel working in peripheral healthcare settings of Nepal.Methodology: It was a cross-sectional study and included nine different health facilities in Makwanpur district. Knowledge and attitude regarding infection control and standard precautions were assessed with the help of a self-administered questionnaire on a pre-determined scale. The results are presented as frequency distribution table and valid proportions.Results: In the study, 91.9% of the HCWs agreed that HCAI is caused by micro-organisms that can be transmitted between patients while 51.5% of them disagreed that HCAI can be caused by micro-organisms carried on the hands of healthcare workers. Majority (98.6%) of the HCWs believed that the use of gloves, mask and apron reduces the risk of HCAI whereas 13.5% of HCWs disagreed that gloves should be changed between the examination of different patients. Although 97% of the HCWs agreed that hand should be washed before and after examining the patient, 17.6% of them informed that they do not always wash their hands before and after examining a patient.Conclusion: Irrespective of limited availability of infection control guidelines, it was found that the knowledge on HCAI control was good and majority of the respondents showed favorable attitude towards infection control and standard precautions. BJHS 2018;3(2)6: 453-457.

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Knowledge of infection control practices among intensive care nurses in a tertiary care hospital

Abstract: The infection control knowledge among the nurses was fairly good; however, there is still a wide scope of improvement with regular educational programs and in-house training.

Cited by 55 publications

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Factors contributing to clinical nurse compliance with infection prevention and control practices: A cross‐sectional study

Factors contributing to clinical nurse compliance with infection prevention and control practices: A cross‐sectional study

Assessment of nursing students perceptions of their training hospital's infection prevention climate: A multi-university study in Saudi Arabia

Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Infection Control and Standard Precautions among Healthcare Workers of Rural Nepal

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