Knowledge, Practice, and Associated Factors towards Prevention of Surgical Site Infection among Nurses Working in Amhara Regional State Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia
Joint Authors
Teshager, Freahiywot Aklew
Engeda, Eshetu Haileselassie
Worku, Workie Zemene
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-12-15
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Knowledge and practice of nurses about surgical site infections (SSIs) are not well studied in Ethiopia.
This paper contains findings about Northwest Ethiopian nurses’ knowledge and practice regarding the prevention of SSIs.
The main objective of the study was to assess knowledge, practice, and associated factors of nurses towards the prevention of SSIs.
The study was done using a questionnaire survey on randomly selected 423 nurses who were working in referral hospitals during the study period.
The study showed that more than half of the nurses who participated in the survey had inadequate knowledge about the prevention of SSIs.
Moreover, more than half of them were practicing inappropriately.
The most important associated factors include lack of training on evidence based guidelines and sociodemographic variables (age, year of service, educational status, etc.).
Training of nurses with the up-to-date SSIs guidelines is recommended.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Teshager, Freahiywot Aklew& Engeda, Eshetu Haileselassie& Worku, Workie Zemene. 2015. Knowledge, Practice, and Associated Factors towards Prevention of Surgical Site Infection among Nurses Working in Amhara Regional State Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia. Surgery Research and Practice،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1076608
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Teshager, Freahiywot Aklew…[et al.]. Knowledge, Practice, and Associated Factors towards Prevention of Surgical Site Infection among Nurses Working in Amhara Regional State Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia. Surgery Research and Practice No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1076608
American Medical Association (AMA)
Teshager, Freahiywot Aklew& Engeda, Eshetu Haileselassie& Worku, Workie Zemene. Knowledge, Practice, and Associated Factors towards Prevention of Surgical Site Infection among Nurses Working in Amhara Regional State Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia. Surgery Research and Practice. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1076608
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1076608