Nurses knowledge about multidrug resistant bacteria in a teaching hospital

• Main Author: Rocha, Maristela Yoshie Yamaji Okagawa
• Publication Date: 2019
• Other Authors: Lima, Jemima Franco dos Santos, Kuzma, Solena, Pontes, Letícia, Pasquini, Ricardo
• Format: Article
• Language: por; eng
• Source: Rev Rene (Online)
• DOI: 10.15253/2175-6783.20192041281
• Download full: http://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/41281
• topic: Infection Control; Bacterial Infections; Knowledge; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; Nurses.; Controle de Infecções; Infecções Bacterianas; Conhecimento; Farmacorresistência Bacteriana Múltipla; Enfermeiras e Enfermeiros.

Objective: to identify the knowledge of nurses of a teaching hospital about multidrug resistant bacteria. Methods: cross-sectional and prospective study with the participation of 109 nurses. Data collection used a questionnaire with open and objective questions. Statistical analysis used the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software. Results: 67.0% of the participants considered the knowledge acquired in the graduation regarding multi-resistant bacteria insufficient to deal with them, with a predominance of professionals graduated before the year 2005; in the transmission process, younger professionals predominated. Conclusion: knowledge about multidrug-resistant bacteria was higher among younger, more recently graduated professionals, with proactive enough to expand knowledge about the subject and to participate in in-service training. The Hospital Infection Control Service was the main source of knowledge for nurses participating in the study.