Knowledge and Attitudes of Nurses Working in a Public Hospital Regarding Nosocomial Infections and Their Prevention

İngilizce (OpenAlex)

AbstractObjective: The goal of present study is to determine the knowledge and attitudes of nurses working in a public hospital regarding nosocomial infections and their prevention.Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study design was conducted between June 2020 and August 2020 and included all the nurses working for a public hospital having the greatest share in patient care and contacting the patients personally in the city center of a province located in East Anatolian Region. A total of 260 nurses were working in the hospital. The sample selection was not used in the study and 225 nurses participated in the study (Response rate: 86.5%). A questionnaire prepared by the researchers in accordance with the literature was used as the data collection tool.Results: It was found that 64.4% of the participants were staff and 63.6% was female. Each of the variables of type of work and education level was independently found to be effective on if or not they knew how to protect from nosocomial infections; respectively in terms of the impact coefficients (p<0.05).Conclusion: The present study revealed that some practices that may lead to infection were not at sufficient level.