Effect of Infection Control Guidelines on Improving Nurses' Performance Regarding Patients with Burn Injury
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
Burns provide a convenient area for bacterial growth and explosive sources of infection than other types of wounds, essentially due to massive and deep extent of burned areas and longer length of hospital stay. The effective approach to reduce infection should be based on detailed knowledge of burn care and infection control. Aim of the study: was to evaluate effectiveness of infection control guidelines on improving nurses' performance regarding patients with burn injury. Method: quasi-experimental research design was conducted in Plastic, Reconstructive and Burn Surgery Center - Mansoura University.The data was collected from a convenient sample of (30) nurses where three tools were used for data collection included nurses' infection control knowledge questionnaire, nurses' performance observational checklists & hospital environment observational checklist. Results: indicated an improvement in both total nurses knowledge & practice with statistically significant differences between the pre- and posttests’ scores (P= 0.001). Conclusion: applying infection control guidelines was effective in improving both nurses' knowledge and practice.
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Wedad Saber Shafek Abdelkhalek, Wafaa Ismail Shereif, Hala Mohamed Abdelhamed, Tarek Ahmed Ahmed Ebrahim Zahra
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