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Assessment of Nurse’s Knowledge and Practices about Personal Protective Equipment in Hemodialysis Unit in Basra Teaching Hospital Ahmed T. Saud; Aliaa H. Ali
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 3 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Publisher : Institute of Medico-legal Publications Pvt Ltd

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37506/ijfmt.v15i3.15496

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Objectives: to assess the nurses’ knowledge and practices about personal protective equipment (PPE).Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional design study has been carried out in Basrah teaching hospital,A purposive (non-probability) sample consist of (34) nurses who worked in the units of hemodialysis, thestudy started from 18th of October, 2019 to 12th of July, 2020. The instrument of the present study containsthree parts, first part: It is concerned with the nurse’s demographic data, second part: it is composed of (10)multiple choice questions (MCQs) related to the nurses knowledge, and third part: it consists of (14) itemsfor nurses practice about personal protective equipment. The validity of the instrument had been achieved by8 experts from different scientific branches. Statistical programs such as SPSS (Statistical Package for SocialScience) v. 23 were used to analyze the data. Result: the findings revealed that majority of nurses had poorknowledge and practice about personal protective equipment and there has been a significant relationshipbetween the nurse’s knowledge about personal protective equipment and their level of education at a p<0.05level. Recommendation: Provide training programs for the hemodialysis nurses on the promotion of higherstandards of the hand hygiene and potential uses of the personal protective equipment during working inhemodialysis centers.
Assessment of Nurses’ Knowledge towards Infections of Peripheral Intravenous Cannula in Al-Basrah Teaching Hospital Aliaa H. Ali; Ahmed T. Saud
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 3 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37506/ijfmt.v15i3.15644

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Aimed at assessing nurse’s knowledge regarding infection of the peripheral cannula. Descriptive, hospitalbased study was conducted in Al-Basrah city in Al-Basrah Teaching Hospital from October 24th, 2019, to June 11th, 2020. The study included nurses in the hospital; they were (60) nurses. The instrument used for the study was a self-administrated questionnaire; the data were presented in a pre-designed questionnaire firstly. The questionnaire consisted of two parts: socio-demographic characteristics and knowledge about the infection of a peripheral intravenous cannula. Inferential and descriptive statistics have been utilized for the analysis of data. Data were analyzed manually and then through the use of the statistical package for social science (SPSS, v. 23). The results of the study present that the high percent (61.7%) of the study sample are male, (66.7%) of them at the (20-29) year age group, ( 45.0%) of them nursing institute, (61.7% ) their years of work experience were arranged between (1-9 year), most of them (60.0%) don’t have previous training about cannula infection. There has been a significant correlation between nurses’ knowledge, previous training in infection of a peripheral cannula, and level of education, and there has not been any significant correlation between nurses’ knowledge and nurses’ gender, age group, and years of experience. Recommendation: This study recommended establishing a regular training program and workshops about infection control measures, especially for an invasive procedure
Co-Authors Ahmed T. Saud