Volume 26, Issue 127, September 2022

Application of infection control guidelines among nurses working in surgical units: A cross-sectional study in Sudan

Ahmed Abdalla Jarelnape

Department of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Al Baha University, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Background: Infections are a permanent risk to patients in surgical units after surgical intervention. Aim: The current the survey aimed to determine how preventing infection guidelines are implemented in surgical units. Methods: It was a descriptive cross sectional s tudy. The study population includes eighty one nurses working in surgical departments, they were assigned to the study as total coverage style, the data was gathered using a self administered questionnaire and an observational checklist, the frequency, mea n were generated and analyzed using SPSS version 23. Statistical significance was defined as a P value of 0.05 or less. Results: Eighty nurses participated in the study, the study participants had given their responses according to the self administered qu estionnaire and checklist, the result indicates that their presence of a difference that is statistical significance at 0.05 (0.01) and (75%) of respondents had good knowledge and practice about guidelines for infection control. Conclusion: The results of the present research conclude the nurses had good knowledge and practice about infection control guidelines.

Keywords: Infection control, Guidelines, Nurses, Surgical units

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms380e2412

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i127/ms380e2412

Published: 23 September 2022