ASSESMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF HOSPITAL SUPPORT STAFF ON INFECTION PREVENTION IN THIKA LEVEL 5 HOSPITAL
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 STUDY BACKGROUND
Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI) also referred to as Nosocomial infections are those infections occurring in a patient during the process of care in a hospital or any other health care facility that was not manifesting or incubating at the time of admission (Nejad, Allegranzi, Syed, Ellis & Pittet, 2011). Nosocomial Infections are not limited to the patients; they also include occupational infection among facility staff including the support staff who also come into contact with the patients. The burden of nosocomial infections is considerably high in developing countries (WHO, 2009).They affect …show more content…
To identify factors that may hinder effective infection control practices in the hospital. iv. To make recommendations for specific actions.
1.3.2 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
• What is the overall hospital stuff knowledge on standard precautions on infection control?
• What are the current hospital staff infection control practices in the hospitals?
• What is the level of organizational support as reported by hospital support staff?
• What factors hinder effective infection control practices in the hospitals?
1.4 STUDY JUSTIFICATION
It is evident that nosocomial infections cause a substantial upset to the quality of health care. If the hospital stay is elongated by infections acquired in the hospital, the patient satisfaction level is lowered. Despite the huge effort put in researching on Hospital-acquired infections, literature is limited in the developing world especially Africa. It has been shown that very few studies can be found in Africa and thus evidence-based practice affected in this respect.
In addition, the few available researches on nosocomial infections in Africa are largely focused on the effects of such infections to the …show more content…
Nurses are responsible for the smooth running of the wards; the nurse manager ensures that the patients are provided with optimally conducive environment to hasten the recovery process. Finding out the level knowledge on infection control by the support staff in the ward will ensure that indeed the environment is kept clean and conducive for patients healing. The results from this study will ensure that responsive measures are employed by the nursing manager to ensure that infections between the hospital staff and patients as well as infections from the physical surroundings are
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 STUDY BACKGROUND
Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI) also referred to as Nosocomial infections are those infections occurring in a patient during the process of care in a hospital or any other health care facility that was not manifesting or incubating at the time of admission (Nejad, Allegranzi, Syed, Ellis & Pittet, 2011). Nosocomial Infections are not limited to the patients; they also include occupational infection among facility staff including the support staff who also come into contact with the patients. The burden of nosocomial infections is considerably high in developing countries (WHO, 2009).They affect …show more content…
To identify factors that may hinder effective infection control practices in the hospital. iv. To make recommendations for specific actions.
1.3.2 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
• What is the overall hospital stuff knowledge on standard precautions on infection control?
• What are the current hospital staff infection control practices in the hospitals?
• What is the level of organizational support as reported by hospital support staff?
• What factors hinder effective infection control practices in the hospitals?
1.4 STUDY JUSTIFICATION
It is evident that nosocomial infections cause a substantial upset to the quality of health care. If the hospital stay is elongated by infections acquired in the hospital, the patient satisfaction level is lowered. Despite the huge effort put in researching on Hospital-acquired infections, literature is limited in the developing world especially Africa. It has been shown that very few studies can be found in Africa and thus evidence-based practice affected in this respect.
In addition, the few available researches on nosocomial infections in Africa are largely focused on the effects of such infections to the …show more content…
Nurses are responsible for the smooth running of the wards; the nurse manager ensures that the patients are provided with optimally conducive environment to hasten the recovery process. Finding out the level knowledge on infection control by the support staff in the ward will ensure that indeed the environment is kept clean and conducive for patients healing. The results from this study will ensure that responsive measures are employed by the nursing manager to ensure that infections between the hospital staff and patients as well as infections from the physical surroundings are