. Adekunbi Abosede Farotimi; . Ezekiel Olasunkanmi Ajao; . Iyabo Yewande Ademuyiwa; . Chinomso Ugochukwu Nwozichi
Volume 8, Issue 6 , June 2018, , Pages 1-7
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Infection control has become a major concern in the health‑care system andhealth‑care workers, particularly nurses are at high risk of infection. This study, therefore, ...
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BACKGROUND: Infection control has become a major concern in the health‑care system andhealth‑care workers, particularly nurses are at high risk of infection. This study, therefore, examinedthe effect of a training program on attitude and practice of infection control among nurses in twotertiary hospitals in Ogun State, Nigeria.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study adopted a pretest–posttest quasi‑experimental design.The sample consisted of 87 participants. The experimental group consisted of 42 registerednurses from Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ogun state, Nigeria, while the control groupconsisted of 45 registered nurses from Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu,Nigeria. The instrument for data collection was attitude toward components of infection controlquestionnaire (r = 72) and practice of infection control questionnaire (r = 76). Data were analyzedusing SPSS version 21.0 (SPSS Inc. Chicago IL, USA).RESULTS: Findings showed that the mean age in the experimental group was 34.92 ± 8.9 while thecontrol group was 47.43 ± 6.6. The average years of experience for the experimental group were10.42 ± 9.9 while that of the control group were 21.89 ± 8.7. Responses on attitude showed that 30participants (69%) had positive attitude in the experimental group compared to 21 participants (46.7%)in the control group. The mean difference was 4.02. Significant difference was observed betweenmean attitude score of participants in the experimental group and control group (P = 0.03), betweenmean practice score (P = 0.001), and between self‑reported and observed practices (P = 0.000).CONCLUSION: The training was effective in improving attitude and practice of infection control.Adequate provision of structured training programs on infection control measures is recommended.