Knowledge Regarding Prevention of Nosocomial Infection Among Nurses in a Government Hospital, Chitwan
Date
2014
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract
Nosocomial infection is an infection developed in favour of hospital
environment. It may develop in a hospitalized patient without having been present or
incubating at the time of admission or it may be acquired in hospital but only appear
after discharge. An infection is considered nosocomial if it becomes evident 48 hours
or more after hospital admission or within 30 days of discharge following inpatient
care. The mode of transmission and the most frequent types of nosocomial infections
are associated with the respiratory tract, blood stream, surgical wounds and urinary
tract. For the last 30 years, there has been great interest in understanding the causes
and impact of hospital acquired infections. Many experimental studies and randomized
trials have examined various methods to prevent nosocomial infections.
Research Methodology: Descriptive cross-sectional research design was used. Study
was conducted in Bharatpur Government Hospital at Bharatpur, Chitwan. Total of 50
nurses working in the study area were selected as a sample using non- probability,
purposive sampling method was used. Self administered structured questionnaire was
developed for data collection
Result: Results of the study shows that more than three-fourth of the respondents were
age of 24-25 years. Most of the respondents respond for hand washing with antiseptic
as the important factors of infection prevention. Likewise, most of them respond to
know about the responsible organism for nosocomial infection. More than half of the
respondents respond hospital acquired pneumonia is the type of most dangerous/deadly
nosocomial infection. Cent percent of the respondents viewed on nosocomial infection
can be prevented. Likewise, almost all viewed on hand washing can prevent
nosocomial infection. Most of them respond incineration as the recommended wastage
disposal for preventing infection
Description
Keywords
Nursing