Nurses' Compliance with Infection Control Measures in the Evaluation of Vital Signs
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2024
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Kapadokya Üniversitesi Yayınları
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Özet
Objective: This study aims to examine nurses' compliance with infection control measures during the assessment of vital signs.
Methods: The research was conducted as a descriptive and quantitative study among nurses working in Turkey. According to the 2022 report by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Turkey, the study population consisted of 243.565 nurses, with a sample of 384 nurses included at a 95% confidence level. Data were collected through an online survey between December 3, 2022, and February 28, 2024. The survey consisted of questions evaluating the sociodemographic characteristics of the nurses and their attitudes towards infection control measures. The data were analyzed using SPSS 22.0 software.
Results: The average age of the participants is 32.7±7.79, and the average years of experience in the profession is 10.45±8.19. The majority of the nurses are women (71.3%) and hold a bachelor's degree (70.8%). The compliance rate with hand hygiene among nurses is 98.9% after removing gloves, but it drops to 32.2% before wearing gloves. The percentage of those who believe gloves should be worn when measuring blood pressure is 18.7%, while 93.4% stated that gloves should be changed for each patient.
Conclusion: This study reveals varying attitudes and behaviors among nurses towards infection control measures. While there is strong adherence to post-procedure hand hygiene and glove changing protocols, significant gaps exist in pre-gloving hand hygiene and consistent disinfection of non-critical medical devices.
Methods: The research was conducted as a descriptive and quantitative study among nurses working in Turkey. According to the 2022 report by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Turkey, the study population consisted of 243.565 nurses, with a sample of 384 nurses included at a 95% confidence level. Data were collected through an online survey between December 3, 2022, and February 28, 2024. The survey consisted of questions evaluating the sociodemographic characteristics of the nurses and their attitudes towards infection control measures. The data were analyzed using SPSS 22.0 software.
Results: The average age of the participants is 32.7±7.79, and the average years of experience in the profession is 10.45±8.19. The majority of the nurses are women (71.3%) and hold a bachelor's degree (70.8%). The compliance rate with hand hygiene among nurses is 98.9% after removing gloves, but it drops to 32.2% before wearing gloves. The percentage of those who believe gloves should be worn when measuring blood pressure is 18.7%, while 93.4% stated that gloves should be changed for each patient.
Conclusion: This study reveals varying attitudes and behaviors among nurses towards infection control measures. While there is strong adherence to post-procedure hand hygiene and glove changing protocols, significant gaps exist in pre-gloving hand hygiene and consistent disinfection of non-critical medical devices.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Infection control, vital signs, disinfection, nursing
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Kapadokya Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi
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2
Sayı
3
Künye
Yıldız, İçigen, A., Gemici, Metin, Z.E., Bozkurt, A. (2024). Nurses' compliance with infection control measures in the evaluation of vital signs. Cappadocia Health Science Journal, 2(3), 305-316.
