Assessment of neonatal intensive care unit nurses’ compliance with standard precautions of infection control and identification of enabling factors

  • Abou El Fadl D
  • Aly Y
  • Darweesh E
  • et al.
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Abstract

Rigorous implementation of infection prevention and control practices by healthcare workers in different healthcare settings is of utmost importance. Neonates, particularly preterm babies in neonatal intensive care units, are a vulnerable population at high risk for developing nosocomial infections. Nurses have the greatest risk of spreading healthcare-associated infections among patients and healthcare workers. This study was conducted to assess the compliance of neonatal intensive care unit nurses with standard precautions of infection control and to identify the potential influencing factors. This was a cross-sectional study, whereby the compliance of a total of 58 neonatal intensive care unit nurses with standard precautions of infection control was assessed using the Arabic version of the Compliance with Standard Precautions Scale (CSPS-A). Student’s t test, ANOVA test, and post hoc test were used for analysis. A suboptimal compliance rate (66.7%) was detected, with the highest for disposal of sharp articles into sharps boxes (86.2%) and the lowest for disposal of sharps box not only when full (27.6%). Significant differences were observed when participants were grouped according to their clinical experience and qualifications, where participants with longer clinical experience displayed higher mean scores for the use of protective devices score (P = 0.024), disposal of sharps score (P = 0.003), and total CSPS score (P = 0.006). Clinical experience and educational qualifications are key factors that impact nurses’ compliance with infection control practices. Nurses should receive up-to-date evidence-based educational and practical sessions that link theory to clinical practice and elucidate the importance of accurate implementation of proper infection prevention and control practices.

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Abou El Fadl, D. K., Aly, Y. A. F., Darweesh, E. A. G., Sabri, N. A., & Ahmed, M. A. (2023). Assessment of neonatal intensive care unit nurses’ compliance with standard precautions of infection control and identification of enabling factors. Future Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43094-022-00456-y

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