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http://dx.doi.org/10.12925/jkocs.2021.38.6.1393

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

Park, Mi-Jin (Department of Nursing Science, Hoseo University)
Moon, Heakyung (Department of Nursing Science, Hoseo University/Basic Science Research Institute)
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Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology / v.38, no.6, 2021 , pp. 1393-1404 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Long-term care institutions; awareness of infection management; performance of infection management; elderly care facilities; COVID-19;
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