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<PublisherName></PublisherName>
<JournalTitle>Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research</JournalTitle>
<Issn>1735-9066</Issn>
<Volume>14</Volume>
<Issue>4</Issue>
<PubDate>
</Journal><Year>2010</Year>
<Month>01</Month>
<Day>06</Day>
</PubDate><ArticleTitle>Nurses' knowledge of hospital infections and sterilization methods of hands, equipments and surfaces in neonatal wards of Isfahan</ArticleTitle>
<FirstPage>215</FirstPage>
<LastPage>215</LastPage>
<AuthorList>
<Author>
<FirstName>Narges</FirstName>
<LastName>Sadeghi</LastName>
<Affiliation>MSc of Nursing, Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Khorasgan branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan. n45sadeghi@yahoo.com</Affiliation>
</Author><Author>
<FirstName>Zahra</FirstName>
<LastName>Abdeyazdan</LastName>
</Author><Author>
</AuthorList><FirstName>Adeleh</FirstName>
<LastName>Eslami</LastName>
</Author><History>
<PubDate>
</History><Year>2010</Year>
<Month>11</Month>
<Day>13</Day>
</PubDate><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.</Abstract>
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