Awareness, knowledge and Practice about Injection Safety among Nurses Working in Medical and Surgical Department at Assiut Ministry Health Hospitals | ||||
Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
Article 16, Volume 6, Issue 15, December 2018, Page 140-149 PDF (810.08 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2018.59664 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Shaimaa Fathy Fakery1; Magda Ahmed Mohammed2; Shaymaa Sayed Khalil3 | ||||
1B.SC. Nursing , Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt | ||||
2Professor, Adult Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt. | ||||
3Lecturer, Adult Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Aim of the Study: To assess awareness, knowledge and practice about injection safety among nurses working in medical and surgical units at Assiut ministry of health hospitals. Patients and method: Descriptive cross-sectional research design was utilized in this study. Sample: 500 male and female nurses. The study was conducted in medical and surgical units at five hospitals in Assiut ministry of health hospitals. Tools: Two tools used in the study :Tool (I) Self-administered questionnaire sheet consisted of three parts: (1) demographic characteristics of the nurses, (2) immunization and needle stick incidence among nurses, (3) assessment of nursing awareness and knowledge about injection safety. Tool (II): Observational check-list sheet. Results: Nearly all nurses 98.6% had a good awareness level and more than half had a satisfactory knowledge score and good practice score (69.4% and 63.4% respectively) regarding injection safety. Conclusion: Majority of the nurses had a good level of awareness regarding injection safety but less than half of them had unsatisfactory knowledge and the practical injection safety precautions were not followed properly. Recommendation: Nurses in need for in-service training programs and refreshing courses to improve their awareness and knowledge about injection safety which will reflect on their practice while working with patients. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Injection Safety; Nurses; Awareness; Knowledge & Practice | ||||
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