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Abstract
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nfection control or prevention is the responsibility of the health team, and is an integral component of patient safety programs. It includes processes and activities that identify and reduce the risk of acquiring and transmitting endemic or epidemic infections among individuals. Ike and prevention back to the clinical application of microbiology in practice. It is also a quality standard which is essential for the well-being and safety of patients, staff and visitors in the hospital environment. It affects most hospital departments that are involved in quality issues, risk management and health safety.
Objective of the study
The present study has been designed to assess of health personnel’s performance regarding infection control in intensive care units through:
1- Assessing level of knowledge regarding infection control among physician, nurses and workers.
2- Assessing level of practice and attitude regarding infection control among physician, nurses and workers.
The current study answered two question:
1- What is the knowledge of infection control among physician, nurses and workers?
2- What is the practice and attitude of infection control among physician, nurses and workers?
Research design:
A descriptive expletory design was utilized for the conduction of this study.
Setting:
The study was conducted in (3) Intensive Care Units (Surgical ICU, Neurological ICU, Medical emergency ICU) at Ain shams university hospitals.
Subject:
All available physicians, nurses and workers where included as A convenient sample at previously mention units, whom will be agreed to participate in the study including Physicians (15), Nurses (50) and workers (6).
Tools of the data collection:
Three tools were used: it is an interviewing questionnaire administrated to the physicians, nurses and workers developed by the researcher in Arabic language based on review of literature.
1- Self-administrated questionnaire for Physicians and Nurses (Appendix I): it is an interviewing questionnaire filled the nurses and physicians to assess level of knowledge regarding the infection control.
2- Physicians and Nurses Observation al checklists and attitude of infection control (Appendix II):it was developed by researcher based on comprehensive reviewing and recent literature to assess level nurses and physicians practice regarding infection control.
3- Workers knowledge about their role regarding infection control measures in I.C.U it included: it is an interviewing questionnaire filled the workers to assess level of knowledge regarding the infection control.
4- Workers practice and attitude about their role regarding infection control measures in I.C.U it included: it was developed by researcher based on comprehensive reviewing and recent literature to assess level workers practice and attitude regarding infection control.
Results:
The result of the study show that:
• Less than half (44%) of nurses aged between 20 and 30 years with a mean age of 24.6 ± 7.5 and more than half (64%) were women, and (82%) have bachelor’s degrees in nursing, (94%) of the nurses reared from one to five years of experience.
• Less than half (40%) of physicians aged 20 to 30 years with an average age of 24.21% was 76.7%. More than half of physicians (66.7%) were women, and 66.7% of physicians had bachelor’s degrees in medicine (73.3%) of physicians reared from one to five years of experience.
• Half of the workers (50%) aged 30 to 40 years with average age was 34.17 ± 4.27 and more than half of workers (66.7%) had an education rate for the preparatory stage and 83.3% of the workers had more than 20 years of experience Year.
• (68%) of the study nurses had an unsatisfactory level of knowledge.
• Half (48%) of the study nurses had an unsatisfactory level of practice.
• (13.3%) of the study physicians had unsatisfactory level of knowledge.
• (100%) of study physicians had a satisfactory level of practice.
• (33.3%) of the study workers had unsatisfactory level of knowledge.
• (50%) of the study workers had an unsatisfactory level of practice.
Most health personnel’s had an positive attitude regarding infection control.
• There is no a statistical significance between the nurses level of knowledge and their ages, level of education and years of experience.
• There is a statistical significance between the nursing level of practices and their ages, level of education and years of experience.
• There is a statistical significance between the level of physicians and knowledge and their ages, level of education and years of experience.
• There is no statistical significance between physicians level and practice.
• There is a statistical significance between the level of knowledge of workers and their ages and the level of education and years of experience.
• There is no a statistical significance between the level of workers’ practical practices, their ages, the level of education and the years of experience.
Conclusion
• About two-third of nurses studied had unsatisfactory level of knowledge and less than half of them had unsatisfactory level of practice.
• Less than one third of physicians had unsatisfactory level of knowledge and all of them satisfactory level of practice.
• Half of workers had unsatisfactory level of knowledge and more than half had unsatisfactory level of practice.
• As regard attitude most of them positive attitude.
• There is statistical significant between the health personnel’s and the age.
Recommendations
Based on the result of the present study, the following recommendations are suggested:
Education:
• Develop an orientation program for newly appointed staff in infection control.
• Develop health teaching programs for nurses, through a simple booklet with update knowledge and instruct about infection control measures.
Research:
• The study should be replication on large sample in different hospitals setting to generalize the results.
Practice:
• Increase the number of nurses in each department based on international measures patient ratio and workers to improve quality of care.
• Improve of implementation education training program for health personnel regarding infection control measures.