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Assessment of nurses performance related to control of some parasites acquired from fresh vegetables as a patient safety measure in a military hospital
Joint Authors
Mursi, Tosson A.
Ali, Hisham Abd al-Rauf
Ahmad, Salwa Abd Allah Muhammad
Salah, Ahmad Mujahid Ahmad
Muhammad, Najla al-Sayyid
Source
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Issue
Vol. 44, Issue 3 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.605-618, 14 p.
Publisher
The Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Publication Date
2014-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Foodborne parasitic infection in the hospital constitutes a major health problem particularly for patients who are more vulnerable than healthy subjects to parasitic risks.
Parasitic infection represents an area of concern for advanced practice nurse.
The work assessed the military nursing staff performance regarding the nosocomial food-borne parasitic infection control.
Subjects and Methods: Research design ; A descriptive research design was used to identify knowledge, attitudes and practice of nurses related to nosocomial food-borne parasitic infection control measures.
Setting : The study was conducted at a general military hospital.
Subjects: 50 nurses, the whole available number who covered the inclusion criteria.
Data collection tools : It included ; (1) : Structured interview sheet was constructed after reviewing the relevant literature to elicit information, it included two parts a) subjects' sociodemographic characteristics b) nurses’ knowledge regarding nosocomial parasites infections.
(2) : Rating scale: to assess attitude of nursing staff towards nosocomial parasites infections and its prevention.
(3) : Observational Checklist: to assess the nurses’ practice of self-protection and control of nosocomial parasitic infections control measures.
Results : A statistically insignificant difference between knowledge levels about nosocomial parasites infection among military nurses.
More than half of participant nurses had positive attitude towards nosocomial parasite infection control and prevention without significant difference between all topics (P > 0.056).
That most participant nurses had unsatisfactory practice to infection control measures with significant lower score for procurement, storage and preparation of raw material followed by personal hygiene (P < 0.05).
Recommendations : Nurses in all roles and settings can demonstrate leadership in infection prevention and control by using their knowledge, skill and judgment to initiate appropriate and immediate infection control procedures.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Salah, Ahmad Mujahid Ahmad& Ali, Hisham Abd al-Rauf& Ahmad, Salwa Abd Allah Muhammad& Muhammad, Najla al-Sayyid& Mursi, Tosson A.. 2014. Assessment of nurses performance related to control of some parasites acquired from fresh vegetables as a patient safety measure in a military hospital. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology،Vol. 44, no. 3, pp.605-618.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-430756
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ali, Hisham Abd al-Rauf…[et al.]. Assessment of nurses performance related to control of some parasites acquired from fresh vegetables as a patient safety measure in a military hospital. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology Vol. 44, no. 3 (Dec. 2014), pp.605-618.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-430756
American Medical Association (AMA)
Salah, Ahmad Mujahid Ahmad& Ali, Hisham Abd al-Rauf& Ahmad, Salwa Abd Allah Muhammad& Muhammad, Najla al-Sayyid& Mursi, Tosson A.. Assessment of nurses performance related to control of some parasites acquired from fresh vegetables as a patient safety measure in a military hospital. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 2014. Vol. 44, no. 3, pp.605-618.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-430756
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 616-618
Record ID
BIM-430756