Effect of an Educational Programme on Dialysis Nurses’ Knowledge and Practices Related to Blood Borne Diseases during Haemodialysis Procedures, in Khartoum State, Sudan

Abstract

This study was conducted to assess the effects of the educational programme on knowledge and practices of nurses working in haemodialysis centres Khartoum State 2014-2016 about Blood Borne Diseases. There is a lack of knowledge and practices of nurses working in haemodialysis centres, which may lead to outbreaks of blood-borne diseases in haemodialysis patients and even the nurses themselves. Due to this, an educational programme was designed to solve this problem. The lack of knowledge and practices of nurses working in haemodialysis centres was the leading cause of bloodborne disease outbreaks. The general objective is to assess the impact of an educational programme about blood-borne diseases on knowledge and practices of nurses working in haemodialysis centres. Study design, Interventional quasi-experimental study design, health facilities based study. The total number of the study subjects in this study revealed that the knowledge of nurses in the haemodialysis centres regarding prevention of blood-borne diseases show significantly improved, the knowledge improved from 65±7.6%to75±6.6 P<0.0001 practices were improved from 42.8±3.5% to 62.7±9.5 P<0.0001 after the application of the educational programme. We recommend applying the tested educational programme and raise haemodialysis nurses’ awareness about infection control by periodic training and assessment. The limitations of this study are starting in 191 and ended by 140 the attrition rate is 26.7%.