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A Survey on the Awareness and Performance of Infection Management of Workers in long-term Care Institutions

장기요양 기관 종사자들의 감염관리에 대한 인지도 및 수행도 연구

  • Park, Mi-Jin (Department of Nursing Science, Hoseo University) ;
  • Moon, Heakyung (Department of Nursing Science, Hoseo University/Basic Science Research Institute)
  • 박미진 (호서대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 문혜경 (호서대학교 간호학과, 기초과학 연구소)
  • Received : 2021.10.10
  • Accepted : 2021.12.13
  • Published : 2021.12.30
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Abstract

The current study was conducted to understand the status of infection management through a survey on the status of awareness and performance of infection management and to improve efficient infection management and education programs of workers in long-term care institutions. The subjects of the study were 134 workers at 35 long-term care institutions in the C region, and data were collected from July 12 to 30, 2021. They agree to participate in research self reported structured questionnaire by SPSS program ver. 22.0. As a result of the study, the subject's awareness of infection management appeared to be a difference in accordance with occupation (F=3.181, p=.032) and education experience (F=6.372, p=.013). Also, factors influencing the subject's performance of infection management were occupation (F=3.972, p=.010) and education experience (F=4.403, p=.038). The relationship between awareness of infection management and performance resilience fined out a significantly positive correlation (r=.919, p<.001). As a result, for patient safety in long-term care institutions in the COVID-19 pandemic situation, it is very important for workers not only to recognize the importance of infection management but also to directly perform infection management activities. To this end, regardless of the size of the institution, it is necessary to prepare a systematic and continuous curriculum by occupation and educational topic, and to legally strengthen the evaluation system to improve the quality of the infection management system.

본 연구는 장기요양 기관 종사자들의 감염관리에 대한 인지도와 수행도 현황조사를 통해 감염관리 실태를 파악하여 장기요양 기관의 종사자를 위한 효율적인 감염관리 및 교육 프로그램 개선을 위해 수행되었다. 연구 대상자는 C 지역의 장기요양 기관 35곳의 종사자 134명이며 2021년 7월 12일부터 7월 30일까지 구조화된 설문지를 사용하여 자료를 수집하였으며 SPSS 22.0 program을 이용하여 자료 분석하였다. 연구 결과 대상자의 감염관리 인지도에 영향을 미치는 요인은 종사자의 직종(F=3.181, p=.032), 감염관리 교육 경험(F=6.372, p=.013) 이었으며 감염관리 수행도 또한 종사자의 직종(F=3.972, p=.010), 감염관리 교육 경험(F=4.403, p=.038)이 영향을 크게 미쳤다. 대상자의 감염관리 인지도와 수행도는 양의 상관관계가 있었다(r=.919, p<.001). 본 연구의 결과를 종합해 볼 때, 코로나-19 팬데믹 상황에서 장기요양기관의 환자 안전을 위해서는 종사자가 감염관리 중요성을 인지하는 것뿐만 아니라 직접 감염관리 행위를 수행하는 것이 매우 중요하다. 이를 위해서는 기관의 규모에 상관없이 직종별, 교육 주제별 체계적이고 지속적인 교육과정 마련과 감염관리체계의 질적 향상을 위한 평가 시스템의 법적 강화가 필요할 것으로 생각한다.

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