Knowledge and Performance of Nurse about Environmental Cleaning Bundle in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Abstract

The hospital setting serves as a reservoir for the spread of bacteria that might cause infections. If not eliminatedby cleaning, some germs can persist in hospitals for several months, creating a persistent transmission danger. Cleaningprocedures can lower the risk of acquisition and emphasize how important environmental hygiene is to the preventionand control of infections. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the environmental cleaning bundleknowledge and skills of the neonatal nurses working at Kafr-Saad General Hospital. This study was conducted on 22 ondutynurses using a descriptive cross-sectional study design. Two structured self-administrated questionnaires were usedto evaluate socio-demographic and occupational characteristics, knowledge, and performance. The current study'sfindings showed that 50.0% and 72.7% of nurses had fair and incompetent overall degrees of knowledge andperformance, respectively. According to the study's findings, almost half of the nurses in neonatal intensive care unitshave fair levels of overall knowledge, and nearly three-quarters have levels of overall performance that are incompetent.The study suggests running regular, up-to-date on-the-job training sessions for neonatal nurses in environmental cleanup.