Nursing Students' Knowledge and Compliance with Multidrug-resistant Organism Infection Control Guidelines

다약제 내성균 감염관리지침에 대한 간호학생의 지식과 수행정도

  • 강지연 (동아대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 이용옥 (고신대학교 복음병원 외과계중환자실) ;
  • 윤선영 (동아대학교 대학원 간호학과) ;
  • 강정희 (양산 부산대학교병원 복막투석실) ;
  • 박소희 (동아대학교의료원 신경계중환자실)
  • Received : 2010.06.16
  • Accepted : 2010.06.23
  • Published : 2010.06.30

Abstract

Purpose: This study was done to investigate knowledge of and compliance with the multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) infection control guidelines among student nurses on clinical practicum, Methods: survey questionnaire on MORO infection control was administered to a convenience sample of 259 nursing students from 3 different nursing schools Results: The mean knowledge score was 28.01/39 (71.82%). The percentages of correct answers for basic concepts, route of transmission, hand washing/ protective devices and environment management, were 55.40, 81.14, 84.94 and 69.17 respectively. The mean compliance score was 3.83/5. The compliance scores for education, communication, contact precaution, environment management, and hand washing were 3.06, 3.33, 3.86, 4.50, 3.92 and 4.29 respectively. 96.9% of subjects knew that they should wash hands after touching MORO patient while only 22.8% of subjects knew how to collect samples for VRE surveillance culture, The highest compliant item was hand washing after touching MORO patient. The Lo-west compliant item was referring to infection control manual. Conclusion: Comprehensive MDRO infection control education programs for nursing students should be developed to decrease MORO infection.

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