Nurses’ Knowledge Regarding Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Public Tertiary Care Hospitals Peshawar, Pakistan

Muhammad Ali*, Muslim Shah**, Muhammad Ayaz ***, Arifullah****
*,**** Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan.
** Rehman College of Nursing, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
*** Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
Periodicity:May - July'2020
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jnur.10.2.17434

Abstract

Urinary catheterization, a procedure in which a tube is placed into the urinary bladder through urethra for draining out urine is the major cause of catheter associated infections that causes 70% to 80% of catheter associated infections globally, along with 17.5% infections in European hospitals, 23.6% in US hospitals and 52% in the hospitals of Pakistan. Objectives of the study were, to asses nurse's knowledge regarding urethral catheter related infections. This study was channelized in public tertiary care hospitals of Peshawar, Pakistan. A descriptive cross-sectional design was used for this study, and conveniently ninety nurses were selected for the study. The entire period of study was from September 2017 to December 2017. A self-developed questionnaire was used to assess knowledge. Out of 90 participants, GNM were 65 (72.2%) & BSc(N) 25 (27.8%). 61.1% of the participants had low level of average knowledge and 38.9% of them had high level of average knowledge. Nurses' knowledge was low, therefore the administration & Human Resource Department of the hospitals provide periodic in-service education, up-to-date guidelines to nurses which are evidence-based for catheter use, insertion, maintenance and extraction.

Keywords

Nurses' Knowledge, CAUTI Prevention, Catheter Care, Urethral Catheter Related Infections.

How to Cite this Article?

Ali, M., Shah, M., Ayaz, M., and Arifullah. (2020). Nurses’ Knowledge Regarding Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Public Tertiary Care Hospitals Peshawar, Pakistan. i-manager's Journal on Nursing, 10(2), 52-57. https://doi.org/10.26634/jnur.10.2.17434

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