Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing (한국직업건강간호학회지)

Korean Academic Society of Occupational Health Nursing (한국직업건강간호학회)
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Infection Control of Hospital Nurses: Cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome

간호사의 중동호흡기증후군 감염 실태와 감염관리 인식

  • June, Kyung Ja (Department of Nursing, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Choi, Eunsuk (College of Nursing.Research Institute of Nursing Science, Kyungpook National University)
  • 전경자 (순천향대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 최은숙 (경북대학교 간호대학.간호과학연구소)
  • Received : 2016.01.08
  • Accepted : 2016.02.19
  • Published : 2016.02.29
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Abstract

Purpose: The 2015 Korean Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) outbreaks resulted in 186 cases, with 8% (15 persons) of these being nurses. This study aimed to examine MERS-CoV infection status of clinical nurses and to evaluate perception for infection control. Methods: We investigated the MERS-CoV infection status of nurses using MERS-CoV press release data. We examined and analysed perception for Infection control of 121 nurses of the three MERS intensive therapeutic hospitals in July 2015. Results: One to six nurses per hospital in total 8 health care facilities were infected with MERS-CoV. They mainly had short clinical careers and were unaware of infection possibility. The personal and organizational infection control levels that nurses perceive were low and the relationship between two levels was statistically significant. Conclusion: For promoting health protection and infectious disease management competency of nurses, it is necessary to prepare institutional system for controlling infectious disease.

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