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The effectiveness of an online training program in a nursing unit: extraction of blood cultures
Ignacio Zaragoza-García1,2, Santiago Pérez-García1,2, María de Los Ángeles Orellana-Miguel2
1Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Departamento de Enfermería, Madrid, España.
Objective:
To assess the effectiveness of an online training platform for procedures among nurses in an internal medicine unit to reduce the number of contaminated blood cultures.
Method:
This was a quasi-experimental pre-post intervention parallel group study. The sample consisted of internal medicine nurses in a tertiary hospital who participated in an online training program about blood culture extraction technique. Knowledge about the technique was measured pre- and post-intervention. Additionally, the study compared the number of blood cultures taken 6 months before and 3 months after the intervention.
Results:
Forty-eight nurses participated. Pre-intervention knowledge was homogeneous among both groups, improving significantly after the online training program (p=0.0001). The blood cultures taken prior to the training showed contamination levels above international standards; post-intervention, contamination levels fell by up to 3% in the intervention group.
Conclusion:
The educational intervention using the digital platform increased knowledge about the procedure and its application in clinical practice.
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