Nurses' knowledge and performance for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections according to the strength of recommendations of evidence based guidelines

Abstract

Purpose: The objective of this study was to examine the relationships between nurses' knowledge and performance for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections (ICRI) according to the strength of recommendations in evidence based guidelines (EBG). Methods: The total participants were 144 nurses working for medical·surgical unit and intensive care unit. Data were collected from July 12 to July 30, 2010 and analyzed by one way ANOVA and Pearson's correlation analysis. Results: The knowledge and performance mean scores were 0.80±0.17 and 3.04±0.31 for peripheral venous catheter (PVC) management, and 0.83±0.17 and 3.00±0.30 for central venous catheter (CVC) management respectively. The items of category IA had the highest knowledge score (F=44.70, p