• 대한간호학회지
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• 제47권6호
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• pp.744-755
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• 2017

Purpose: This study was performed to develop an infection prevention education program for child care teachers and to verify its effects. Methods: The study was conducted using a nonequivalent control group with a pretest-posttest design. Four private daycare centers (2 centers per city) that were alike in terms of the number of children by age, number of child care teachers, and child care environment were chosen. Participants were assigned to the experimental group (n=20) or control group (n=20). As a part of the program, visiting education (90 min) was provided in the 1st week, and smartphone application education (10 min) was provided thrice a week, in the 2nd and 3rd weeks. Results: Child care teachers' self-efficacy for infection prevention revealed a significant interaction effect between the group and time of measurement (F=21.62, p<.001). In terms of infection prevention behavior, a significant difference was observed between the experimental and control groups (z=-5.36, p<.001). Conclusion: The program implemented in this study was effective in improving the infection prevention self-efficacy and infection prevention behavior of child care teachers. Thus, this program may be effective in enhancing their infection control.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.422-431
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• 2013

Purpose: This study was conducted to examine the impact of infection prevention program on the knowledge and performance among married Vietnamese immigrant women an infant or child. Methods: A non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. Participants were 53 Vietnamese women with an infant or a child in G city. The treatment (n=25) received an infection prevention program series that included eight sessions over a four week period with four time through telephone interviews a weekly intervals. Data were collected between October 26 and December 14, 2012, and were analyzed Chi-square, t-test, and repeated measure analysis of variance with SPSS/WIN 18.0. Results: The treatment group reported significantly higher scores in infection prevention knowledge (F=43.98, p<.001) and infection prevention performance (F=92.61, p<.001) at four and eight weeks following the treatment as compared to the control group. Conclusion: Results suggest that an infection prevention program is beneficial in increasing knowledge and performance to prevent infection.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.675-684
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• 2024

The purpose of the study is to determine the relationship between the infection control organizational culture, infection prevention environment, and infection control performance of nurses at a children's hospital and to identify factors affecting infection control performance. The subjects of the study were 160 nurses from five children's hospitals, and data collection was conducted from February 19 to 29, 2024. Data analysis was performed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and difference analysis of variables using t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis. As a result of the study, infection control performance was positively correlated with infection control organizational culture (r= .610, p< .001) and infection prevention environment (r= .586, p< .001), and as a result of multiple regression analysis, infection control organization The influencing factors appeared in the following order: culture (β= .369), infection prevention environment (β= .312), medical institution accreditation evaluation experience (β= .165), and infection control education experience (β= .137), and the overall explanatory power was It was 50.8% (F=41.966, p< .001). Based on the results of this study, to carry out infection control in children's hospitals, integrated management including the will and effort of individual nurses, support and policy from medical institutions and the government is needed, and the development of an infection control education program that takes into account the special characteristics of children's hospital nurses. Application is necessary.

• Child Health Nursing Research
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.138-147
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• 2018

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate mothers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices of infection prevention for their children. Methods: In this descriptive study, data were collected using a questionnaire. A total 157 mothers of young children were surveyed regarding their knowledge, attitudes, and practices of infection prevention. Results: The mean score of knowledge, attitudes, and practices of infection prevention in mothers was found to be above average. There were significant differences in knowledge according to whether the mother was employed (t=2.82, p=.005) and in attitudes according to the mother's age (t=2.13, p=.035). In addition, a significant correlation was found between knowledge and attitudes (r=.16, p=.014), and between attitudes and practices (r=.50, p<.001). Conclusion: This research provides baseline information to understand mothers' approaches to infection prevention for their children, and it may serve as a basis for providing educational programs that help infection prevention.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.557-562
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• 2013

In contrast to the gradual reduction in the number of locally transmitted malaria cases in China, the number of imported malaria cases has been increasing since 2008. Here, we report a case of a 39-year-old Chinese man who acquired Plasmodium ovale wallikeri infection while staying in Ghana, West Africa for 6 months in 2012. Microscopic examinations of Giemsa-stained thin and thick blood smears indicated Plasmodium vivax infection. However, the results of rapid diagnostic tests, which were conducted 3 times, were not in agreement with P. vivax. To further check the diagnosis, standard PCR analysis of the small-subunit rRNA gene was conducted, based on which a phylogeny tree was constructed. The results of gene sequencing indicated that this malaria is a variant of P. ovale (P. ovale wallikeri). The infection in this patient was not a new infection, but a relapse of the infection from the one that he had contracted in West Africa.

• Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.43-54
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• 2021

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the factors influencing infection-related characteristics and patient safety culture on awareness of blood-borne infection prevention between operating room nurses and general ward nurses. Methods: Participants were 198 nurses(operating room nurses 98 and general ward nurses: 100) working at three general hospitals and three university hospitals in three cities. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire from September 11 to October 14, 2020. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-tests, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and multiple regression with IBM SPSS/WIN 26.0 program. Results: Typically, 39.8% of nurses in the operating room and 24.0% of ward nurses experienced injuries such as needles and sharp instruments used by the patient. The awareness of patient safety culture was identified to be higher for the ward nurses. Factors influencing the awareness of blood-borne infection prevention in operating room nurses were patient safety culture and wearing protective equipment for infection prevention while nursing infected patients. Moreover, the explanatory power of these variables was 19.4%. In general ward nurses, the patient safety culture was identified as a significant predictor, which accounted for 16.5% of awareness of blood-borne infection prevention. Conclusion: To prevent hospital infection, a strategy is needed to improve the level of awareness of blood-borne infection prevention and patient safety culture of operating room nurses. To this end, the difference in infection-related characteristics and influencing factors between the operating room nurses and the general ward nurses should be considered and planned.

• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.167-177
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• 2010

우리나라 장기요양보호법의 실시에 있어서 요양보호사들에 대한 교육은 매우 중요하다고 할 수 있다. 본 연구는 감염예방 교육 프로그램 적용 후 요양보호사들의 사전 사후 감염예방 지식과 태도를 평가하기 위해 실시하였다. 자료는 G시의 128명의 요양보호사들을 대상으로 구조화된 설문지로 수집하였고 자료 분석은 SPSS WIN 10.0 프로그램으로 t-test를 적용하여 분석하였다. 감염예방프로그램을 적용한 교육 전 후의 대상자한의 지식 및 태도는 통계적으로 유의하게 증가하였다. 결론적으로 요양보호의 질적 간호를 유지하고 지식수준을 증가시키기 위해서는 요양보호사들을 대상으로 한 지속적인 감염예방 교육 및 프로그램개발이 필요하다 하겠다.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.812-823
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• 2022

본 연구의 목적은 간호대학생의 의료 관련 감염 예방 지식과 감염관리 자신감, 표준주의 실행도 간의 관계를 확인하고 표준주의 실행도에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위한 서술적 연구이다. 자료 수집은 2018년 10월4일부터 10월 12일까지 G 광역시에 소재한 간호대학생 160명을 대상으로 진행되었다. 연구결과 표준주의 실행도는 감염예방 지식(r=.27, p<.001), 감염관리 자신감(r=.52, p<.001)과 정의 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났고, 감염예방 지식은 감염관리 자신감((r=.27, p=012)과 유의한 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 간호대학생의 표준주의 실행도에 영향을 미치는 요인은 감염관리 자신감(𝛽=0.45, p<.001), 피부 접촉 경험이 없는 경우(𝛽=0.18, p<.004), 감염예방 교육을 받은 경우(𝛽=-2.65, p<.009), 감염예방 지식(𝛽=0.15, p<.019) 순으로 나타났으며 모형의 설명력은 35%로 나타났다. 본 연구 결과를 토대로 간호대학생의 표준주의 실행도를 높이기 위하여 감염예방 지식과 감염관리 자신감을 높일 수 있는 표준주의 프로그램을 개발하여 시행하는 것이 필요하다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제54권5호
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• pp.197-200
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• 2011

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of respiratory infection in children. Most of the pediatric population have RSV infection before the age of 2, and recurrent infections are common even within one season. Chronic lung disease, prematurity, along with congenital heart disease (CHD) are major risk factors in severe lower respiratory infection. In hemo-dynamically significant CHD patients with RSV infection, hospitalization is usually needed and the possibility of treatment in intensive care unit and the use of mechanical ventilator support are known to increase. Therefore the prevention of RSV infection in CHD patients is mandatory. The current standard for RSV prevention is immunoprophylaxis by palivizumab. Immunoprophylaxis is recommended monthly in hemodynamically significant CHD patients, up to 5 months. Motabizumab, a second generation drug and newly developing RSV vaccines are also expected to play a key role in RSV prevention in the future. The prophylaxis of RSV infection in CHD patients is cost-effective in both the medical aspect of the patients as well as the socio-economic aspect. Therefore an effort to promote prevention should be made by not only the family of the patients but also by the government.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.211-217
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• 2021

본 연구의 목적은 K 대학병원에 근무하는 방사선사들의 COVID-19 에 대한 일반적 특성, 감염 관련 특성, 지식 및 행위와 상관성이 있는 요인, 감염 예방 행위에 영향을 미치는 인자를 파악 하는 데 있다. 기본 연구는 서술적 조사연구로 2020년 3월 25일부터 6월 30일까지 K 대학병원에 근무하는 방사선사 50명을 대상으로 자료를 수집하였다. 대상자의 설문 조사로 일반적 및 감염 관련 특성은 빈도, 백분율을 산출하였고, Pearson's 상관계수 분석하였으며, 감염 예방 행위에 영향을 미치는 요인은 다중 회귀분석을 이용하였다. 통계 검정의 유의 수준은 0.05로 설정하여 P-값이 0.05 미만이면 유의하다고 해석하였다. 연구결과에서 나타난 COVID-19 감염 예방 행위 영향을 미치는 인자는 코로나 지식이 1점 오를 때 감염 예방 행위가 1.7점 올랐고, 전파경로 인식 수준이 1점 올랐을 때 감염 예방 행위가 11.3점 올랐으며, 불안정도 1점 올랐을 때 감염 예방 행위가 4.2 점 올랐다. 표준 회귀계수를 보면 예방하는데 지식, 전파경로 인식, 불안 중 가장 큰 영향을 주는 인자는 코로나의 전파경로 인식이었다. 감염 예방 행위의 영향요인으로는 코로나 지식, 전파 경로 인식과 불안이 감염 예방 가능성으로 나타나 코로나 유행 시 이 정보를 잘 이용하기를 기대한다.