Knowledge of Nursing Personnel of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship Hospitals on Nosocomial Infections

Wrześniewska Marzena, Gruszka Jakub, Komar-Gruszka Karolina, Bąk Beata, Adamczyk-Gruszka Olga. Knowledge of Nursing Personnel of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship Hospitals on Nosocomial Infections. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(12):116-122. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2019.09.12.013 https://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/JEHS/article/view/JEHS.2019.09.12.013 https://zenodo.org/record/3597732 The journal has had 5 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. § 8. 2) and § 12. 1. 2) 22.02.2019. © The Authors 2019; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 10.12.2019. Revised: 15.12.2019. Accepted: 04.01.2020. Knowledge of Nursing Personnel of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship Hospitals on Nosocomial Infections Poziom wiedzy pielęgniarek województwa świętokrzyskiego na temat zakażeń szpitalnych Marzena Wrześniewska1, Jakub Gruszka2, Karolina Komar-Gruszka3, Beata Bąk4, Olga Adamczyk-Gruszka4 Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach. Collegium Medicum. Katedra Pielęgniarstwa, Położnictwa i Medycyny Ratunkowej Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny, II Katedra i Klinika Położnictwa i Ginekologii Oddział Okulistyki, Szpital Dziecięcy im. Prof. Jana Bogdanowicza w Warszawie Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach. Collegium Medicum. Katedra Ginekologii i Położnictwa. Abstract Introduction: Nosocomial (also known as hospital-acquired) infections are understood as infections which develop during patient’s stay in hospital, but are not the direct cause of hospitalisation. The aim of the study: The purpose of the paper was to determine the knowledge of the nursing personnel from Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship on nosocomial infections, prevention and methods of combating them. Other addressed issues included the analysis of the work yeas and education level as related to the state of nurses' knowledge on nosocomial infections, and what are the reasons for insufficient prevention of diseases. Material and methods: The study included 208 nurses from Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. Out of 208 questionnaires, 180 were completed correctly, the remaining 28 were answered incorrectly or incompletely, which resulted in their rejection. The statistical analysis was conducted using the Pearson Chi-squared method, with the significance level p>0.01 assumed to be insignificant. The study involved 124 women and 56 men. The youngest respondent was 23 years old and the oldest was 59 years old. There were 36 respondents below 30 years of age(20%), 88 in the 31-40 age group (48.9%), 56 in the 41-60 age group (31.1%). Results 1. The knowledge of the intermediate personnel about hospital-acquired infections is satisfactory. 2. Job seniority is not statistically significant with regard to the knowledge level on nosocomial infections. 3. The research revealed a statistically significant correlation between the knowledge level of the secondary staff and their education. 4. The study results show that the most common causes of insufficient knowledge on preventing hospital-acquired infections are staff shortages and in adequate financial resources. Key words: Knowledge; Nursing Personne