Assessment of nurse’s knowledge concerning prevention of surgical site infection in Baghdad teaching hospitals

Abstract EN

Background : surgical site infections (SSIs) are defined as infections that occurs within 30 days of the operation or within one year if an implant is left in place after the procedure, nurses play central role in the prevention of postoperative wound infection by proper preparation of the patient before surgery and the application of aseptic technique to prevent contamination via bacteria from all sources during dressing, operation and throughout the healing process.

for this reason, the researcher has conducted this study in order to evaluate nurse’s knowledge concerning prevention of surgical site infection.

Aims of the study : the main aim of the study is to asses nurses needs concerning prevention of surgical site infection and to provide quality of care, it is very important for nurses to have good knowledge towards prevention of SSI.

Methodology : the study was carried out from January 3th to 10st, 2019on nurses working in surgical word at baghdad teaching hospital, al-Kindy teaching hospital and al-imam Ali teaching hospital to assess the nurses' knowledge concerning prevention of surgical site infection in Bagdad teaching hospitals.

Results : descriptive statistics and the pearson correlation test were used to analyze data using SPSS.

the study results indicated that the mean of nurses' knowledge of the participants was (low).

Conclusion : the findings of current study demonstrated.

the gender of nurses working at surgical ward was equal between males and female, their age between (20-29) years and most of them were graduate of nursing secondary school, most of them were married, their experience in the surgical ward between (1-5) years and most of them did not participate in training courses and poor knowledge regarding prevention of surgical site infection.

Recommendations : the study recommends that implementation of the educational program about prevention of surgical site infection for all nurses working in surgical ward.