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http://dx.doi.org/10.7739/jkafn.2018.25.1.46

Knowledge and Practice of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Isolation Precaution among Hospital Nurses  

Kim, Sunju (Chungnam National University Hospital)
Song, Rhayun (College of Nursing Chungnam National University)
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Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing / v.25, no.1, 2018 , pp. 46-57 More about this Journal
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Purpose: The purposes of the study were to examine the knowledge and practice about Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) isolation precaution, and to explore influencing factors of the isolation practice among hospital nurses. Methods: A total of 182 nurses were recruited from four general hospitals where MERS patients had been treated. The knowledge and practice of MERS isolation precaution were measured by the scales developed based on the CDC guidelines. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS/WIN 22 with descriptive statistics, T-test, One-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients, and hierachical multiple regression analysis. Results: The nurses were 30 years old in average, and half of them had less than 5 years of clinical experience. and knowledge on droplet precautions (${\beta}=.171$, p=.019) were the significant predictors, explaining 19.6% of variance in the MERS isolation guideline practice. Clinical experience (${\beta}=.225$, p=.002), working at infection unit (${\beta}=-.203$, p=.011). Conclusion: The knowledge on droplet precaution and general knowledge on MERS were the important modifiable factor to improve the MERS isolation guideline practice among hospital nurses, even after adjusting clinical experience and demographic variables. It is necessary to develop an efficient education program on specific guidelines for prevention and management of infection by improving the knowledge on infectious disease such as MERS as well as droplet precaution which are modifiable factors.
Keywords
Practice guideline; Knowledge; Meddle East Respiratory Syndrome(MERS); Droplet precaution;
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