Nurses’ Compliance with Infection Prevention and Control Practices at General Surgical Units
Koros, E., Alaa Eldin, S., El-Banna, H., Omondi, L. (2018). Nurses’ Compliance with Infection Prevention and Control Practices at General Surgical Units. EKB Journal Management System, 20(1), 13-30. doi: 10.21608/asalexu.2018.207736
Elijah Kipkorir Koros; Sanaa Alaa Eldin; Haneya El-Banna; Lilian Adhiambo Omondi. "Nurses’ Compliance with Infection Prevention and Control Practices at General Surgical Units". EKB Journal Management System, 20, 1, 2018, 13-30. doi: 10.21608/asalexu.2018.207736
Koros, E., Alaa Eldin, S., El-Banna, H., Omondi, L. (2018). 'Nurses’ Compliance with Infection Prevention and Control Practices at General Surgical Units', EKB Journal Management System, 20(1), pp. 13-30. doi: 10.21608/asalexu.2018.207736
Koros, E., Alaa Eldin, S., El-Banna, H., Omondi, L. Nurses’ Compliance with Infection Prevention and Control Practices at General Surgical Units. EKB Journal Management System, 2018; 20(1): 13-30. doi: 10.21608/asalexu.2018.207736

Nurses’ Compliance with Infection Prevention and Control Practices at General Surgical Units

Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal
Volume 20, Issue 1, July 2018, Page 13-30  XML PDF (1.87 MB)
Document Type: Research articles
DOI: 10.21608/asalexu.2018.207736
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Authors
Elijah Kipkorir Koros* 1; Sanaa Alaa Eldin2; Haneya El-Banna2; Lilian Adhiambo Omondi3
1Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya
2Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University
3Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Abstract
Hospital-acquired infections results due to lapsed compliance with Infection prevention and
control practices in health care set ups. Nurses provide direct care to the patients while performing
varied clinical procedures; therefore, they are pivotal in implementation of infection prevention and
control practices. Objective: Assess the nurses’ compliance with infection prevention and control
practices in surgical units. Setting: The study was conducted at the Moi Teaching and Referral
Hospital Surgical wards Eldoret, Kenya. Subjects: Data was collected from 100 randomly selected
surgical nurses. Tools: Two tools were utilized; interviewer-administered questionnaire and
structured observational checklist. Results: Sixty nine percent of the nurses were compliant with
recommended hand hygiene practices; 99% of the nurses used gloves but fewer used other personal
protective equipment like goggles (25%) and gowns (37%). Seventy percent of were compliant with
safe injection practices. In overall, 85.6% of studied nurses reported to be compliant while 80% of
them were observed to be compliant. Conclusion: Most of the studied nurses complied with the
recommended infection prevention and control practices but compliance varied across different
domains of practice indications. Recommendations: The hospital should develop infection prevention
and control guidelines specific to surgical units.
Keywords
Infection prevention and control; Nurses compliance
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