Nurses' knowledge of hospital infections and sterilization methods of hands, equipments and surfaces in neonatal wards of Isfahan

Narges Sadeghi, Zahra Abdeyazdan, Adeleh Eslami

Abstract


BACKGROUND: Hospital infections are a main cause of infant death among hospitalized infants in the neonatal wards. This research was conducted aiming to assess the medical staff's knowledge of hospital infections.


METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study, conducted in all neonatal in Isfahan hospitals wards. 65 nurses answerd to a questionnaire.


RESULTS: Results showed that 66.7% considered septicemia as the commonest kind of hospital infections and 82.5% called it the most dangerous kind.


CONCLUSION: In general, findings showed that averagely 63.9% of nurses correctly answered questions related to hospital infections. These results support the need for more interventions to prevent hospital infections.


KEY WORDS: Hospital infections, newborn, disinfection, hand washing.


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