Title of article :
Prevention of healthcare associated infections: Medical and nursing studentsʹ knowledge in Italy
Author/Authors :
DʹAlessandro، نويسنده , , Daniela and Agodi، نويسنده , , Antonella and Auxilia، نويسنده , , Francesco and Brusaferro، نويسنده , , Silvio and Calligaris، نويسنده , , Laura and Ferrante، نويسنده , , Margherita and Montagna، نويسنده , , Maria Teresa and Mura، نويسنده , , Ida and Napoli، نويسنده , , Christian and Pasquarella، نويسنده , , Cesira and Righi، نويسنده , , Elena and Rossini، نويسنده , , Angelo and Semeraro، نويسنده , , Valentina and Tardivo، نويسنده , , Stefano، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2014
Pages :
5
From page :
191
To page :
195
Abstract :
SummaryBackground aining of health workers is a key issue for the prevention of healthcare associated infections. ives luate knowledge of nursing and medical students concerning the prevention of healthcare associated infections. s-sectional study. g sity hospitals in nine Italian cities. ipants ousand four hundred sixty one healthcare students (607 medical students and 854 nursing students). s udy was performed using a questionnaire investigating 3 areas, each having different possible points: standard precautions = 12; hand hygiene = 8; healthcare associated infections = 5, for an overall perfect score of 25. Scores that met a cutoff ≥ 17.5 were considered to be indicative of an acceptable level of knowledge. Factors associated with an acceptable level of knowledge were analyzed using a logistic regression model. s verall score (± SD) was 18.1 ± 3.2. Nursing students (18.6 ± 2.9) obtained a higher overall score than medical students (17.4 ± 3.5) (p < 0.001). Weighed scores (± SD) by area were: 10.3 (± 2.0) for standard precautions, 5.0 (± 1.3) for hand hygiene and 2.8 (± 1.1) for healthcare associated infections. Knowledge level concerning the three areas was different between medical and nursing students (p < 0.001). The probability of finding acceptable knowledge was smaller for medical students (OR: 0.54 p < 0.0001) and for students aged ≥ 24 years (OR: 0.39 p < 0.0001). sion erall score showed an acceptable level of knowledge for the whole sample; but, considering separately the two curricula, only nursing students reached the minimum acceptable score. It seems important to investigate what is working better in nursing than in medical education in order to implement and validate new teaching approaches.
Keywords :
Healthcare associated infections , Standard precautions knowledge , hand hygiene , Nursing students , Medical students , Italy
Journal title :
Nurse Education Today
Serial Year :
2014
Journal title :
Nurse Education Today
Record number :
1877782
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