重症监护病房护士对预防和控制COVID-19感染的知识,态度和做法
Onga Bangani1, René English1, Angela Dramowski2
1Division of Health Systems and Public Health, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
Southern African journal of infectious diseases
|July 12, 2023
概括
重症监护病房护士表现出适度的COVID-19知识,但对感染控制实践的态度较低. 加强培训和个人防护设备 (PPE) 的可用性对于改善流行病期间的实践和护士福祉至关重要.
科学领域:
- 关键护理医学 关键护理医学
- 预防和控制感染的预防和控制.
- 护理研究 护理研究
背景情况:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间,重症监护室 (ICU) 在调整感染预防和控制 (IPC) 实践方面面临重大挑战.
- 新的IPC协议的快速实施要求医疗保健专业人员进行快速调整.
研究的目的:
- 评估ICU护士关于COVID-19的知识,态度,做法和看法.
- 确定影响护士在重症监护机构遵守IPC措施的因素.
主要方法:
- 在南非的ICU进行了一项混合方法研究,该研究结合了匿名的KAP问卷和个人访谈.
- 从116名ICU护士收集数据,代表专业护士,注册护士和护士助理.
主要成果:
- 护士获得了COVID-19 IPC的中等知识得分 (78%),专业护士对传播有更好的理解.
- 对IPC的态度评分很低 (55%),与不充分的培训,时间限制和个人防护设备短缺有关.
- 自我报告的IPC做法中度 (65%),手部卫生遵守率为68%;只有47%接受了N95呼吸器适应性测试.
结论:
- 定期的IPC培训对于为ICU护士提供必要的技能,以防止与医疗保健相关的COVID-19传播至关重要.
- 改进的IPC培训和一致的PPE可用性可以培养积极的态度并加强IPC实践.
- 在流行病期间,全面的IPC和职业健康支持对于ICU护士的福祉至关重要.
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