Effect of Nursing Intervention for knowledge regarding infection control measures among health care workers
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https://doi.org/10.71395/ijhp.2.1.2025.36-39Abstract
Background and Objectives: This study investigates the impact of educational interventions on nurses’ knowledge concerning the infection control measures. The aim was to evaluate whether structured educational session could enhance the awareness levels among health care worker, thereby improving infection control measures.
METHODOLOGY: A quasi-experimental design was employed, involving 40 health care workers from one hospital the group received a comprehensive program that included simulation-based training adherence to safety protocol, encompassed various strategies such as hand hygiene promotion and proper use of personnel protective equipment’s and post sessional data were collected through surveys over a four months period.
RESULTS: The result shows a significant improvement in compliance with infection control measures (p<0.001), knowledge score about infection control measures improved markedly (p<0.001) among healthcare worker who received an intervention. The mean pre knowledge score (47.80) is significantly lower than the mean post knowledge score (65.30) after the post intervention the healthcare workers knowledge lied in good category which was 60% to 75%.
CONCLUSION: The educational intervention significantly enhanced the knowledge among health care workers regarding the infection control measures. Pre intervention awareness was relatively low but the structure education session effectively elevates the healthcare workers understanding and satisfaction. The study methodology and results highlight the effectiveness of targeted educational programs in healthcare settings, suggesting that similar interventions could be beneficial in other medical domains to improve professional competency and patient outcomes’ regarding infection control measures.
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