Level of Knowledge on Evidence-based Infection Control and Influencing Factors on Performance among Nurses in Intensive Care Unit

Abstract

Purpose: This study was to identify the level of knowledge and performances on evidence-based infection control and influencing factors on performance among nurses in intensive care unit. Methods: A descriptive crosssectional survey design was used. Two hundred thirty-nine nurses at intensive care units were conveniently recruited from seven hospitals located in Seoul and Kyounggi province. Data were collected with a questionnaire survey about evidence-based infection control. Data were analyzed using SPSS/WIN 17.0 program. Results: Both level of knowledge (mean 9.15 out of 19) on preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia and central venous catheter induced bloodstream infection, and performance on evidence-based infection control (1.94 out of 4) were moderate. Performance of evidence-based practice for infection control was related to reading research articles regularly, professional satisfaction, and taken education course. Conclusion: These results indicate that systematic and organizational strategies for enhancing evidence-based infection control are needed to improve quality of intensive nursing care.

Knowledge of evidence‐based guidelines in ventilator‐associated pneumonia prevention

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Knowledge level of nurses in Jordan on ventilator‐associated pneumonia and preventive measures

“…The low knowledge scores reflect the fact that nurses need special training and qualification in ICU. The acquisition of a specialized ICU qualification was associated with a significantly better knowledge score on VAP (Yoo, et al , ).…”

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A Study of the Knowledge, Awareness and Performance of the Infection Control among Nurses in Long-term Care Hospital

“…관계가 있었고 [14] [15], 감염관리에 대한 인지도에 비해 수행도가 낮은 수준으로 보고되었으며, 수 행도가 낮은 원인으로 간호사의 업무과다로 인한 시간부족과 설비 및 물품부족을 들었다 [16] [17].…”