Hnaihen Karrar Abbas, Fareed Wasen Abdul-Ameer Ali, Al-Mussa Zainab Hussain Taher
Department of Community Health Techniques, College of Health & Medical Technology.
Department of Anesthesia Techniques, Technical Institute, Southern Technical University, Basrah.
J Public Health Afr. 2023 Oct 1;14(10):2787. doi: 10.4081/jphia.2023.2787. eCollection 2023 Oct 31.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is considered one of the nosocomial infections that can infect patients and healthcare workers (HCWs) and negatively affect the quality of care provided in the hospital. Evaluate the knowledge of HCWs regarding the prevention of MRSA infection in Thi-Qar Governorate. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted for 362 HCWs randomly selected from four hospitals and distributed as follows: 125 from Nasiriyah Teaching Hospital, 80 from Al-Hussein Teaching Hospital, 80 from Al-Haboubi Teaching Hospital and 77 from Souk Al-Shuyoukh General Hospital during the period from October 1 (2022) to May 1 (2023) and data was collected by using self-reported paper-based questionnaires. Our study showed 68.8% of HCWs enjoyed a moderate level of knowledge, and there was a strong correlation (P-value #x003C;0.05), between knowledge and some sociodemographic and occupational characteristics of the participants, which include age, educational level, job title, years of service and workplace in the hospital. Additionally, a relationship between knowledge and the source of the MRAS information was demonstrated which is a highly significant association between the total knowledge score and the sources of information. The knowledge of MRSA infection prevention among HCWs was moderate.
耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌（MRSA）感染被认为是一种医院感染，可感染患者和医护人员（HCWs），并对医院提供的护理质量产生负面影响。评估提克里特省医护人员关于预防MRSA感染的知识。对从四家医院随机抽取的362名医护人员进行了描述性横断面研究，分布如下：2022年10月1日至2023年5月1日期间，纳西里耶教学医院125名、侯赛因教学医院80名、哈布比教学医院80名、苏克舒尤赫综合医院77名，数据通过自我报告的纸质问卷收集。我们的研究表明，68.8%的医护人员知识水平中等，参与者的知识与一些社会人口学和职业特征（包括年龄、教育水平、职称、服务年限和医院工作场所）之间存在强相关性（P值<0.05）。此外，还证明了知识与MRAS信息来源之间的关系，即总知识得分与信息来源之间存在高度显著的关联。医护人员对MRSA感染预防的知识水平中等。
