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Revista Información Científica
versión On-line ISSN 1028-9933
Resumen
HERNANDEZ FAURE, Carlos; GONZALEZ TREASURE, Armando; GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZ, Iván y DE LA CRUZ VAZQUEZ, Rafael. Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to intrahospital infections in Nicaragua. Rev. inf. cient. [online]. 2019, vol.98, n.1, pp. 17-28. ISSN 1028-9933.
Introduction:
infections associated with health care constitute a serious public health problem worldwide due to their frequency and high mortality.
Objective:
to identify the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices to control in-hospital infections of healthcare personnel.
Method:
a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out at the Santiago de Jinotepe Hospital in Carazo, Nicaragua, January-June 2017. The universe consisted of 345 hospital workers, including inmates of the medical career and the intentional sample or for convenience, from 53 suppliers. The variables used: occupational classification, level of knowledge about the definition of infections associated with health care (HCAI) and the effect of washing hands with water and soap to remove Gram-negative bacilli, as well as the evaluation of practices and attitudes related to the prevention of the IAAS.
Results:
cognitive deficit was found in the infections associated with health care and in the correct attitudes and practices in the care personnel for its prevention.
Conclusions:
there is a lack of knowledge about the infections associated with health care, as well as the exercise of correct attitudes and practices aimed at their prevention, for this purpose, a training program should be designed at this level of care to try to reduce HCAIs.
Palabras clave : associated infections; health care; hand washing; training.