A Study to Assess the Knowledge of Staff Nurses on Infection Control Protocol in NICU Suitable for Peripheral Newborn Clinic at Selected Hospital of Jabalpur City, Madhya Pradesh

Newborn care is one of the vital sectors to be looked into in order to reduce neonatal mortality and morbidity. Infection is great area of concern, especially for the newborn babies, we are losing many babies, because of sepsis in resources limited setting, while it is difficult to treat neonatal sepsis, it is rather easier to prevent infections. Recommendations for prevention for infection, with special references to the rural Indian scenario. The approaches towards the prevention of neonatal sepsis are multi-disciplinary. Comprising of neonatologist, hospital administration, nursing staff, and engineers. Thus making implementation easy, if the equipment and other consumable are manufactured indigenously bulk, and in a large quantities, thus reducing the financial burden on the hospital and the health care cost of the country. The present study was to evaluate the knowledge of staff nurses on infection control protocol. Total sample size consumed of 100 staff nurses and convenience sampling was used area in Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh. Data was collected using a self – structured question are purposive sampling. Regarding demographic variables majority highest number of respondents was in the educational qualification staff nurses. Majority of the respondent (49 %) had experiences in SNCU. It was found that self-instructional module was very effective in improving the knowledge of staff nurses of regarding infection control protocol in NICU.

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Infection control protocol in NICU suitable for a peripheral newborn care unit

The Journal of Community Health Management ◽

10.5958/2394-2738.2016.00023.6 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. 103

Author(s):

Prabhakar Patro ◽

Nakul Kothari ◽

NC Mohanty

Keyword(s):

Infection Control ◽

Newborn Care ◽

Control Protocol

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Relationship of Work Related Factors to the Adherence of Staff Nurses of Hospitals in Marawi City, Philippines to Infection Control Protocol

JPAIR Multidisciplinary Research ◽

10.7719/jpair.v25i1.392 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Salmah Lao Manalocon- Basher

Keyword(s):

Infection Control ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Cultural Practices ◽

Staff Nurses ◽

Related Factors ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Control Protocol ◽

Work Related ◽

Hospital Policies ◽

Administration And Supervision

Infection control is one of the hospital policies that prevents and controls the occurrence of hospital-acquired infections. The study aimed to determine the adherence of staff nurses of hospitals in Marawi City and its relationship to the factors affecting their adherence to the said protocol. The study was conducted in the different hospitals in Marawi City. The respondents were the 60 staff nurses working in the different institutions of the city and 50 significant others who were staying with the patient for not less than 3 days of confinement. The study utilized the quantitative research design aimed at descriptive correlation analysis on the adherence of staff nurses on infection control protocol and the factors affecting their compliance to it. The tools composed of questionnaires and checklists. Frequencies, percentages, and spearman rho correlation were the statistical tools utilized. The findings of the study showed that 73.3% staff nurses were moderately adhering to infection control protocol and this is affected by some variables under the workload, work set-up, cultural practices, administration and supervision. These are also the variables having significant relationship to the adherence of staff nurses to infection control.

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Clinical Profile and Outcome of Neonates Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of NGMC

Journal of Nepalgunj Medical College ◽

10.3126/jngmc.v15i1.23533 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 20-22

Author(s):

Roma KM ◽

Manita Pyakurel ◽

Veena Gupta ◽

Piush Kanodia

Keyword(s):

Neonatal Sepsis ◽

Neonatal Intensive Care ◽

Neonatal Period ◽

Study Data ◽

Clinical Profile ◽

Mortality And Morbidity ◽

Medical Practitioners ◽

Common Causes ◽

Causes Of Mortality ◽

The Common

Background: Neonatal period is a period from birth to under 28 days of life. The common causes of mortality and morbidity in our region are preventable, among which neonatal sepsis is the commonest one. Most of the deaths occur within 7 days of life. Objectives: To study the clinical profile, pattern of diseases, causes of morbidity and mortality amongst newborns. Materials and methods: A hospital based descriptive study was done among total 967 newborns including both inborn and out born admitted in NICU, NGMC from January 2016 to December 2016. Age, sex, gestational age, diagnosis at admission, outcome of admitted th newborns were the main variables under study. Data was entered in Excel and analyzed using SPSS 20th version. Data were presented through pie, bar graph and table with frequency and percentage. Results: Male were predominant in the study (65%). One third of the admitted newborns were preterms. Half of the admitted newborns were admitted on their first day of life. Neonatal sepsis was the most common cause of admission. Deaths occured in 7.4%of total babies. Seventy-six percent got improved after treatment. Only 2.8% were referred to higher center. Conclusions: Most of the neonates got admitted in first day of life with commonest cause being neonatal sepsis. Recovery rate was satisfactory. To reduce the mortality and morbidity of neonates, we need to increase awareness level in general population and proper aseptic practices in medical practitioners.

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KNOWLEDGE ON HUMAN MILK BANKING AMONG PAEDIATRIC STAFF NURSES

THE RESEARCH RESERVOIR ◽

10.47211/trr.2021.v07i01.014 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Sr. Moncy Francis francis ◽

Dr. Bimla rani

Keyword(s):

Human Milk ◽

Best Practice ◽

Newborn Care ◽

Demographic Variables ◽

Staff Nurses ◽

Knowledge Level ◽

Essential Newborn Care ◽

Human Milk Banking ◽

Milk Banking ◽

Level Of Knowledge

Background: Breastfeeding is considered as the best practice which results in optimum growth and development of infants. According to WHO and UNICEF, donor’s human milk is considered as the best alternative in situations where the mother is not able to provide adequate breast milk due to unavoidable circumstances. Objective: The objective of the study is to assess the knowledge level of paediatric staff nurses regarding Human Milk banking and to find out the association of knowledge level with their demographic variables Materials & Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in a selected hospital of Idukki district in Kerala. The data were collected from 45 Paediatric staff nurses regarding human milk banking by convenience sampling method with the use of a structured questionnaire. Results: The data results revealed that 50% of samples belonged to the age group 19 to 27 and 28 to 36 years; the majority of the samples (72%) were Christians; half of the samples (58%) were graduates; and majority of them (62%) were housewives. Concerning the level of knowledge, 15.5% of them had poor, 69% had average and 15.5% had a good level of knowledge regarding essential newborn care.

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Satisfaction among hospital staff nurses on nurse staffing calculation-performance-oriented calculation based on Indonesian National Nurses Association (INNA) on information system

Malahayati International Journal of Nursing and Health Science ◽

10.33024/minh.v3i2.3366 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 124-130

Author(s):

Rani Kawati Damanik ◽

Adventy Riang Bevy Gulo

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Nurse Staffing ◽

Total Sample ◽

Hospital Staff ◽

Staff Nurses ◽

Control Group ◽

Nurse Satisfaction ◽

Hospital Staff Nurses ◽

Post Test

Background: The Indonesian National Nurses Association (INNA) has a method and tool for staffing calculation-performance-oriented calculation based on information systemPurpose: To identify of satisfaction among hospital staff nurses on nurse staffing calculation-performance-oriented calculation based on Indonesian National Nurses Association (INNA) on information systemMethod: The technique of determining the sample using the Cohen effect size (d) formula, the total sample is 30 nurses, divided by two groups, each group comprise 15 nurses the as control group and intervention group 15. The pre-post test done for both groups. The training given to participants for two days and following by measured to identify of satisfaction among hospital staff nurses twice to control and intervention groups using a questionnaire.Results: The Kolmogorov Smirnov normality test and finding the data had abnormally distributed (p <0.05), and following by the Mann Whitney test. The results showed that all the participants showed an increase in nurse satisfaction on nurse staffing calculation-performance-oriented calculation based on Indonesian National Nurses Association (INNA)Conclusion: There is a difference in the level of satisfaction between a control group and an intervention with a range of 4.66 points. Using nurse staffing calculation-performance-oriented calculation based on Indonesian National Nurses Association (INNA) on information system, it applicable and reasonable to nurses to calculate nurse staffing in the hospital.

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INFECTION CONTROL PRACTICES

The Professional Medical Journal ◽

10.29309/tpmj/18.4957 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 25 (12) ◽

pp. 1933-1936

Author(s):

Imran Samejo ◽

Gotam Das ◽

Muhammad Haseeb Rana ◽

Muhammad Waqar Hussain

Keyword(s):

Infection Control ◽

Control Measure ◽

Financial Burden ◽

Infection Control Measure ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Laboratory Work ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The Social ◽

B Virus ◽

Study Setting

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and infection control practices among private dental laboratories in Karachi. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Setting: Private Dental Laboratories of Karachi. Period: 01st September 2017 to 01st February 2018. Materials and Methods: A pre structured questionnaire comprised of 09 questions regarding infection control was used to collect the data. A total 35 questionnaires were given to dental technicians. 29 questionnaires were obtained out of 35 distributed (response rate: 83%). Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 17.0 was used for data analysis. Results: Gloves were not worn by 76% of respondents while receiving the clinical items. Protective eyeglasses and protective face shield were not worn by 38% and 13% of respondents respectively during laboratory work. Few 13% of respondents were vaccinated against the hepatitis b virus. Clinical items were disinfected by 17% of respondents if not disinfected by dental clinic. Laboratory work was not disinfected by 90% of respondents before sending to clinic. Pumice slurry and water of pressure pot were changed by 6% and 6% respectively. Regarding infection control measure impose financial burden, 83% of respondents were agreed. Conclusion: The knowledge and practices of infection control were poor and below acceptable standards in private dental laboratories.

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