Korea Journal of Hospital Management (한국병원경영학회지)
- Volume 19 Issue 2
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- Pages.34-43
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- 2014
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- 1226-6299(pISSN)
Nurses' Knowledge, Attitude, and Compliance with Hospital Infection Standard Precautions
간호사의 감염예방 표준주의지침 지식, 태도 및 준수 정도
- Lee, Kyoung Hee (Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Environment & Public Health Studies Yeungnam University) ;
- Choi, Joo Ok (Yeungnam University Hospital) ;
- Lee, Kyeong-Soo (Department of Preventive Medicine & Public Health, College of Medicine Yeungnam University) ;
- Hur, Jian (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine Yeungnam University) ;
- Hwang, Tae-Yoon (Department of Preventive Medicine & Public Health, College of Medicine Yeungnam University)
- 이경희 (영남대학교 환경보건대학원) ;
- 최주옥 (영남대학교병원) ;
- 이경수 (영남대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
- 허지안 (영남대학교 의과대학 내과학교실) ;
- 황태윤 (영남대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실)
- Received : 2014.03.24
- Accepted : 2014.06.02
- Published : 2014.06.30
Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate the degree of nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and compliance with hospital infection standard precautions. The study subjects were nurses in a university hospital in Daegu, South Korea, and a self-administered survey was carried out using a standardized questionnaire from 1st to 15th August, 2012. A total of 187 questionnaires were used for analysis. Those who were injured by a syringe needle for the last year accounted for 29.96%, and those exposed to patients' blood or body fluid on their damaged skin/mucous membranes accounted for 26.2%. There were statistically significant differences in attitude and compliance according to safety environment for hospital infection standard precautions. The knowledge score of the subjects about standard precautions was