Gulia Shilpa, Kaur Kiran, Devi Shankuntala, Singh Sandeep, Rohilla Kusum K
Department of Obstetrical Nursing, College of Nursing, Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
Department of Pediatric Medicine, Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
J Educ Health Promot. 2022 Jun 11;11:158. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1019_21. eCollection 2022.
Basic infection control measures are required in India's health-care setting in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) to lower the prevalence of hospital-associated infections. The aim of the present study was to assess practices followed by nurses of NICUs for nosocomial infection prevention.
From January to February 2020, a descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted. Participants in the study were chosen by total enumeration sampling technique, i.e., 60 nurses were included in this study who working in tertiary care institutions, India. The study respondents' knowledge and practice for nosocomial infection control strategies were assessed by using a 30-item and 27-item questionnaires, respectively. SPSS (version 23.0) was used to analyze the data collected.
Results showed that all nurses (100%) were females, belongs to the age group of 26-35 years (82%), hold professional qualifications (34%) in GNM as well as post basic BSc nursing, married (72%), had 1-5 years of professional experience (66%), and working in the NICUs for 1-3 years (74%). Most of nurses (55%) had never attended any session on nosocomial infection prevention. Nurses of NICUs (70%) had just a moderate degree of understanding on nosocomial infection prevention. Nurses' practice showed good practise (60%) for nosocomial infection prevention in NICUs.
The necessity to adopt health-care policy about nosocomial infections and execution of regular training program to upgrade and refresh nurses' knowledge and practices regarding for nosocomial infection control measures is indicated to fill gap among knowledge and practices concerning nosocomial infection control and prevention.
在印度新生儿重症监护病房（NICU）的医疗环境中，需要采取基本的感染控制措施以降低医院感染的发生率。本研究的目的是评估NICU护士预防医院感染的做法。
2020年1月至2月，进行了一项描述性横断面研究。采用全枚举抽样技术选择研究参与者，即本研究纳入了60名在印度三级医疗机构工作的护士。分别使用一份30项和一份27项的问卷对研究对象关于医院感染控制策略的知识和做法进行评估。使用SPSS（23.0版）对收集到的数据进行分析。
结果显示，所有护士（100%）均为女性，年龄在26 - 35岁之间（82%），拥有GNM以及基础后护理学学士的专业资格（34%），已婚（72%），有1 - 5年的专业经验（66%），在NICU工作1 - 3年（74%）。大多数护士（55%）从未参加过任何关于医院感染预防的培训课程。NICU护士对医院感染预防的理解程度适中（70%）。NICU护士在预防医院感染方面的做法显示良好（60%）。
表明有必要采用关于医院感染的医疗政策并实施定期培训计划，以更新和提升护士关于医院感染控制措施的知识和做法，填补医院感染控制和预防的知识与做法之间的差距。
