Level of knowledge of nurses and students of undergraduate nursing study on contact isolation of patients with MRSA

Posljednjih godina u medicinskoj terminologiji sve je učestaliji pojam MRSA - Meticilin rezistentan (otporan) Staphylococcus aureus. Riječ je o bakteriji koja ima specifičnu rezistentnost prema antistafilokoknim lijekovima koji pripadaju grupi beta-laktamskih antibiotika. Liječenje ove bakterije je puno teže u odnosu na druge bakterije. Javlja se i u bolničkim uvjetima. Cilj istraživanja je utvrditi razinu znanja medicinskih sestara/tehničara te studenata preddiplomskog studija sestrinstva o kontaktnoj izolaciji bolesnika s MRSA-om te usporediti dobivene rezultate. Uzorak ispitanika podijeljen je u dvije podskupine: ispitanik koji se do sada susreo s osobom oboljelom od MRSA i ispitanik koji se do sada nije susreo s oboljelom osobom. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 236 ispitanika s područja Hrvatske tijekom svibnja 2019. godine. Konstruiran je anonimni anketni upitnik koji nije preuzet od nikog. Provedenim istraživanjem, dobiveni su rezultati koji ukazuju da ne postoji statistički značajna povezanost između znanja o MRSA-i sociodemografskih varijabli (spola, dobi, županije, razine obrazovanja, zaposlenosti i poznavanja bolesnika koji je obolio od MRSA). Ispitanici u radu bili su studenti sestrinstva i medicinske sestre/tehničari. Ovaj rad čini poveznicu teorijskog i praktičnog dijela rada. U praktičnom dijelu rada napravljena je deskriptivna i inferencijalna statistika kojom se željelo ukazati na znaje sa MRSA- om na području Hrvatske. Istraživanje je pokazalo da znanje o MRSA nije povezano s dobi, stručnom spremom ili vrstom radnog mjesta te da se znanje o MRSA povezuje sa poznavanjem osoba oboljelih od MRSA. Ključan je praktičan rad medicinskih sestara te točna primjena postupaka u kontaktnoj izolaciji.In the last years, there is more increasingly common term MRSA - Methicillin resistant (resistant) Staphylococcus aureus in medical terminology. It tells about a bacterium that has specific resistance to antistaphylococcal drugs belonging to beta-lactam antibiotics. Medical treatment for this bacterium is much more difficult than for other bacteria. It occurs in the hospital conditions. The aim of the research is to determine how many nurses/technicians know about contact isolation and MRSAs as well as students of Undergraduate study for nursing and make comparisions given results. The sample of respondents is divided into two subgroups: a respondent who has met MRSA and a respondent who has so far encountered no person with MRSA. During May of 2019, 236 respondents were involved in this research from the area of Croatia on the basis of specially constructed questionnaire. The research results showed very interesting results, so there is no statistically significant correlation among the knowledge about MRSA and sociodemographical variables (sex, age, county, education level and employement level and knowing a patient with MRSA). The respondents in this paper were students and nurses. This final paper forms the link between the theoretical and practical part of the paper. In the practical part of the final paper, descriptive and inferential statistics were produced that in dicated the MRSA situation in Croatia. The study found that knowledge of MRSA was not related to obtaining, qualifying, or types of workplace, and that knowledge of MRSA was confided in knowing a person with MRSA. The practical work of nurses and the correct application of contact isolation procedures are crucial