Efficacy of Implementation Management program about Infection Control practices for Nursing Staff | ||||
| Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
| Article 1, Volume 18, Issue 1, May 2020, Page 41-82 PDF (1010.39 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/tsnj.2020.107688 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Rehab M. Marey1; Fouada M. Shabaan2; Reda A. Abo Gad3 | ||||
| 1Master in Nursing Services Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University | ||||
| 2Professor of Nursing Service Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University | ||||
| 3Assistant Professor of Nursing Service Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Back ground: Management program about infection control is important to help head nurses gain knowledge to perform their roles, and for nurses to comply with standard infection control measures . Objective: Evaluate efficacy of implementing management program about infection control practices for nursing staff. Setting: All departments in Tanta University Emergency Hospital. Subjects: All head nurses (N= 31) and nurses (N =175) working in all departments of emergency hospital. Tools: (1) Infection Control Knowledge Questionnaire sheet, (2) Head Nurses' Performance Role on Infection Control Assessment Scale and, (3) Observational checklist, related to Infection Control practices. Results: Head nurses 58.1% and nurses 80.0% had poor level of total knowledge about infection control pre- program , while majority (90.3%- 86%) were at high level post program. Head nurses 61.3% had poor level of total specific knowledge pre-program, changed to be 90.3% and 87.1% had good level of knowledge post program . Pre-program majority (90.3%) of head nurses had mild level of performance of educational , consultation, research and support team in surveillance roles decreased to (3.2%) post program. Nurses range (15.4% - 22.9%) showed compliance level to infection control practices pre-program, improved to range (75.4% - 84.0%) post program with highly statistically significant differences (p= < 0.001). Conclusion: At Tanta University Emergency Hospital nursing staff basic knowledge, head nurses specific knowledge and role performance and nurses' compliance were low and statistically improved after implementation of needed management program. Recommendation: conduct regular training programs for nursing staff and encourage culture of compliance to infection control practices. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Infection control; Nursing staff; Head nurses role; Nurses' compliance; knowledge and practice | ||||
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