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Abstract
Burns provide a suitable media for bacterial growth and are more persistent richer sources of infection than surgical wounds, mainly because of the larger area involved and longer duration of patient stay in the hospital. Infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized burn patients. It has been estimated that about 75% of the mortality associated with burn injuries is related to sepsis especially in developing countries. In addition, the control and prevention of infection among burned patients present a greater and more specialized problem. Aim of the work: The study was conducted to evaluate effectiveness of infection control guidelines on nurses’ performance & knowledge and burned patients’ outcomes. Subjects and method: This study was conducted at Plastic, Reconstructive and Burn Surgery Center – Mansoura University – Egypt. A Quasi-experimental (pre-post intervention) research design was used in this study. The present study included 100 adult burned patients of both sexes and all available nurses (30) who accepted to participate in the study. Five tools were used for data collection. Patient interviewing questionnaire, burn parameters sheet, nurses’ infection control questionnaire for burned patients, nurses’ performance observational checklists and hospital Environment Observational Checklists. Results: The percentage of nurses had high knowledge and practice level raised at immediate post & one month post intervention where overall knowledge and practice improvement had high statistical significant difference. There was no statistical difference between patients showed local signs of burn wound infection in pre &one month post intervention and also bacteriological study of burn wound. Total environmental assessment throughout all study phases had improvement with statistical significant difference. Recommendation: Nurses, compliance with infection control guidelines should be emphasized and Providing orientation program for newly hired nursing staff.