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Awareness of Staff Nurses on Prevention and Control of Nosocomial Infection at Tangail, Bangladesh

Author(s) Kallany Murmu, Md. Sanwar Hossen, Md. Mahbub Hossain
Country Bangladesh
Abstract Nursing is a profession, art and since that involves interaction with the client equipped with a touch of care. Unlike the other jobs, it opts to give care to those who are sick with a sense of desire to promote wellness and provide treatment. Healthcare-related infections have a considerable impact on the morbidity and mortality rates in the intra- and extra-hospital environment, resulting in an increase in the time spent and costs of hospitalization, and are thus recognized as a serious world public health problem. For example, Nosocomial infection is one of the leading causes of death. Objectives: To assess the awareness level of staff nurses on prevention and control of nosocomial infection. Mehodology:This was a cross sectional study and Study place was Kumudini Hospital, Mirzapur, Tangail,District.The sample size was 110.All interview questionnaires were checked for completeness and correctness before data entry. Data were checked, cleaned and edited properly before analysis. Data were entered into statistical software SPSS windows version 19 programs. Result: Among the all participants of 110, the study reveals that, 85(77%) participants was take the training on prevention and control of nosocomial infection and 25(23%) participants was not take the training on prevention and control of nosocomial infection. In this study, found that the distribution the most common cause of infection, 51(46%) participants had caused by staphylococcus aureus, 38(35%) participants had caused by streptococcus, 15(14%) participants had caused by Escherichia coli and 6(5%) participants had caused by Klebsiella. Conclusion: Infectious diseases cause serious disability both male and female. The study revealed that out of 110 respondents the staff nurses of Tangail District in Kumudini Hospital within the age group 18-30 years. Here 79% were female respondents and most of them were literate person. Most of them 86.4% were poor awareness of prevention and control of nosocomial infection. So, preventive program could be targeted among staff nurses to prevent infection.
Keywords Awareness, Staff Nurses, Prevention, Causes, Control, Nosocomial Infection
Published In Volume 5, Issue 4, July-August 2023
Published On 2023-08-27
Cite This Awareness of Staff Nurses on Prevention and Control of Nosocomial Infection at Tangail, Bangladesh - Kallany Murmu, Md. Sanwar Hossen, Md. Mahbub Hossain - IJFMR Volume 5, Issue 4, July-August 2023. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i04.1839
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i04.1839
Short DOI https://doi.org/gsnrk5

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