Nurses Application of Infection Control Measures related to Urinary Catheter Care

Urinary catheter care is one of the most important practices performed by nurses. This practiceshould be done following related infection control measures in order to avoid urinary tract infection(UTI). Objective: Assess nurses application of infection control measures related to urinary cathetercare. Setting: The study was carried out at the National Institute of Kidney Diseases. Subjects: Thestudy sample included all nurses working in the above settings. Their number amounted to 67. Tools:Four tools were used to collect the needed data. Nurses socio-demographic data structured interviewschedule, Nurses knowledge self-administered questionnaire. Nurses performance observationchecklist and Nurses attitude. Results: This study revealed that, 64% of the studied sample hadsatisfactory level of knowledge, while 59% of them had satisfactory level of practices in relation toapplication of infection control measures for urinary catheter care. Conclusion: The application ofinfection control measures in caring for urinary catheter was affected significantly by nurses knowledge and attitude. Recommendations: It is recommended that, all nurses working in differentunits and wards in the hospital should attend training courses in order to upgrade themselves andupdate their knowledge and improve their practice.