Department of Nursing Science, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria.
Department of Nursing Services, Afe Babalola Multisystem Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.
Afr J Reprod Health. 2023 Jun;27(6s):60-69. doi: 10.29063/ajrh2023/v27i6s.8.
The attitude and compliance to standard precautions (SP) by nurses have been recognized as efficient and effective means to prevent and control infections among patients and healthcare workers. This study investigated nurses' attitude and compliance to standard precautions in tertiary hospitals in Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria. A cross-sectional, descriptive research designs using purposive sampling techniques were used. Adapted and standardized instruments were used to elicit information from 137 nurses. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Participants' age was between 21 and 62 years, with a mean age of 33.54± 9.41 years; 85.4% were females; while the majority had five to ten years working experience. Participants had poor attitude toward SP, but with good compliance (96.6%). All participants (100%) had good compliance with the use of personnel protective equipment, while most had good compliance with hand hygiene, respiratory hygiene, safety injection practice, clean environment, and sterilization of instruments. The ward/unit allocation of the nurses had a significant positive effect (R= 0.225, p= 0.008) on compliance with respiratory hygiene. Hence, sensitization programs should be intensified to ensure that health workers understand and comply with infection control through the use of SP.
护士对标准预防措施（SP）的态度和遵守情况已被认为是预防和控制患者和医护人员感染的有效手段。本研究调查了尼日利亚西南部埃基提州三级医院的护士对标准预防措施的态度和遵守情况。采用了横断面、描述性研究设计，并使用了目的性抽样技术。使用经过改编和标准化的工具从 137 名护士那里获取信息。使用描述性和推断性统计方法分析数据。参与者的年龄在 21 岁至 62 岁之间，平均年龄为 33.54±9.41 岁；85.4%为女性；大多数人有五到十年的工作经验。参与者对 SP 的态度较差，但遵守情况良好（96.6%）。所有参与者（100%）都很好地遵守了人员防护设备的使用，而大多数人很好地遵守了手部卫生、呼吸卫生、安全注射实践、清洁环境和仪器消毒。护士的病房/单位分配对呼吸卫生的遵守情况有显著的积极影响（R=0.225，p=0.008）。因此，应加强宣传计划，确保卫生工作者通过使用 SP 理解并遵守感染控制。
