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

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 study. The study population includes eightyone 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, mean 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 selfadministered questionnaire 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.