STANDARD PRECAUTION PRACTICES AMONG NURSES IN HEALTH CARE SETTINGS

Abstract

Background: Objective: To identify the level of practices among nurses towards standard precautions. To determine the level of knowledge among nurses towards standard precautions. To identify the available resources regarding Standard Precautions in DHQ Hospital, Faisalabad. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Setting: DHQ Hospital Faisalabad. Period: Oct 2017 to Feb 2018. Material and Method: This research is quantitative in nature; a self-administered questionnaire is the tool to analyze Standard Precaution practices among nurses in health care setting at District Head Quarter Hospital, Faisalabad. Results: This study shows that overall knowledge and practice level of nurses about standard precautions measures in DHQ Hospital Faisalabad. It displays that majority of the respondents i.e. 86.0% (N=172) have the knowledge about standard precautions measures and only 14.0% (N=28) don't have the knowledge about standard precautions. Above table also highlights the practice level of nurses about standard precautions measures as it shows that majority of the nurses i.e. 72.5% (N=145) do practices about standard precautions and 27.5% (N=55) don't do the practices regarding standard precautions. Conclusion: The results also showed that those who had more knowledge about infection control had a better practice. The results of the Pearson correlation coefficient test for the assessment of the relationship between the knowledge and practice of nurses showed that the attitude of nurses was significantly correlated with their practice (p<0.01 and r=46).