Nurses’ Adherence to Egyptian Standard Infection Control Guidelines in Pediatric Hemodialysis Unit | ||||
| Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
| Volume 27, Issue 3, September 2025, Page 188-199 PDF (428.01 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Research articles | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/asalexu.2025.450088 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Marwa I Ibrahim Said Ali,* 1; Nadia Medany Helaly2; Abeer Abd El Razik Ahmed2; Hanan Mabrouk , Ramadan3 | ||||
| 1Teacher At the Technical Institute of Nursing at Dar Ismail Hospital | ||||
| 2Professor Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt. | ||||
| 3Lecturer Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: A health care-associated infection (HCAI) is defined as "an infection that initially manifests 48 hours or more after hospitalization, or within 30 days after receiving medical treatment." It may result in increased rates of morbidity and mortality as well as longer hospital stays. In order to lower the occurrence of HCA, pediatric nurses in hemodialysis (HD) units must strictly adhere to established infection control procedures. Aim: The study aimed to assess nurses' adherence to Egyptian standard infection control guidelines in pediatric HD unit. Setting: The study was conducted in Kidney Dialysis Unit at Smouha University Children's Hospital. Subjects: All nurses who were responsible for providing direct care for children undergoing HD (30 nurses). Tool: One tool was used to collect necessary data: Nurses’ adherence to Egyptian standard infection control guidelines observational checklist. Results: The majority of the nurses had high satisfactory scores concerning adherence to hand hygiene, wearing personal protective equipment, safe injection, waste disposal, cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces and handling of disposable supplies/ instruments/ equipment (93.3%,95.8%,95.0%,98,3%,92.5% and 91.7% respectively). Conclusion: It was concluded that the highest percentage of the studied nurses had overall “high Satisfactory" adherence to Egyptian Standard Infection Control Guidelines. Recommendations: Based on the previous findings and conclusion: The recent Egyptian standard infection control guidelines should be applied by the pediatric nurses in HD unit to guard against the occurrence of HAI. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Nurses’ Adherence; Egyptian Standard Infection Control Guidelines; Pediatric Hemodialysis Unit | ||||
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