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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2019.20.11.425

Knowledge, Awareness, Safety-climate and Performance of Standard Precautions for Healthcare Associated Infection Control among Nurses in Small and Medium Hospitals  

Sim, Mi-Kyung (Division of Nursing, Shinsung University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.20, no.11, 2019 , pp. 425-435 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the knowledge, awareness, safety-climate and performance of standard precautions for healthcare-associated infection control and to identify the factors that influence the performance of standard precautions among nurses in small- and medium-sized hospitals. The subjects of this study were 151 nurses who worked for more than 1 year in 6 small to medium-sized hospitals (less than 300 beds). The data was collected using self-report questionnaires from January 15 to February 15, 2018. The collected data was analyzed using the SPSS Statistics 22.0 program. The mean score for safety climate and performance of standard precautions showed significant differences according to the working department. There were significant positive correlations among knowledge, awareness, safety climate, and performance of standard precautions. The factors influencing the performance of standard precautions were safety climate and awareness. The explanatory power of the performance of the two variables was 23.3%. Based on the findings, it is necessary to improve the safety-climate and continuous educational program, and administrative support should be provided to improve nurses' performance of standard precautions for healthcare-associated infection control in small- and medium-sized hospitals.
Keywords
Healthcare Associated Infection; Standard Precautions; Knowledge; Awareness; Safety Climate; Performance;
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