Missed Infection Control Practices Among Nurses in Medical and Surgical Wards in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study.

IF 2.4 4区医学 Q2 NURSING

Research in Nursing & Health Pub Date : 2025-09-20 DOI:10.1002/nur.70023

Muhammad Ahmed Alshyyab, Rania Ali Albsoul, Gerard FitzGerald, James Hughes, Diana Arabiat

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Abstract

Missed infection control practices may impact quality healthcare and patient safety. Hence, research is urgently needed to examine infection control practices left undone by nursing personnel, especially in Arab countries. This study aimed to identify missed infection control nursing practices and the underlying reasons among nurses working in medical and surgical wards in Jordan. A cross-sectional design was utilized. The study involved a convenient sample of 514 nurses from seven hospitals (six public and one tertiary hospital) in the North of Jordan during the period of October 2022 and August 2023. The Missed Nursing Care Infection Prevention and Control (MNCIPC) Survey was employed to collect the data. Data were analyzed using descriptive inferential and multivariate regression analysis. The results of this study revealed that nurses working at the medical ward reported more missed care infection activities compared to nurses working at the surgical ward. Nurses working overtime, with less clinical experience, and without formal training or qualifications reported more missed infection control. The most perceived reasons for the missed infection control activities related to labor resources, including inadequate staffing, urgent patient situations, or unexpected rise in patient volume and/or acuity. There is a need to recognize missed infection control activities and the reasons for their occurrence. The interventions to reduce missed infection control measures should aim at increasing staffing levels to manage increased and unexpected surges in nursing workload.

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约旦内科和外科病房护士遗漏感染控制实践：一项横断面研究。

错过感染控制措施可能会影响医疗质量和患者安全。因此，迫切需要研究检查护理人员未完成的感染控制措施，特别是在阿拉伯国家。本研究旨在确定约旦内科和外科病房护士错过感染控制护理实践及其潜在原因。采用横截面设计。该研究在2022年10月至2023年8月期间对约旦北部7家医院（6家公立医院和1家三级医院）的514名护士进行了方便的抽样调查。采用《护理遗漏感染预防与控制调查》（MNCIPC）进行数据收集。数据分析采用描述性推断和多元回归分析。本研究结果显示，在内科病房工作的护士比在外科病房工作的护士报告更多的错过护理感染活动。加班、临床经验较少、没有接受过正式培训或资格证书的护士报告的感染控制失察率更高。错过感染控制活动的最常见原因与劳动力资源有关，包括人员配备不足、患者情况紧急或患者数量和/或敏锐度意外增加。有必要认识到遗漏的感染控制活动及其发生的原因。减少错过的感染控制措施的干预措施应以增加人员配备水平为目标，以管理护理工作量的增加和意外激增。

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Research in Nursing & Health 医学-护理

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3.90

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6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Research in Nursing & Health ( RINAH ) is a peer-reviewed general research journal devoted to publication of a wide range of research that will inform the practice of nursing and other health disciplines. The editors invite reports of research describing problems and testing interventions related to health phenomena, health care and self-care, clinical organization and administration; and the testing of research findings in practice. Research protocols are considered if funded in a peer-reviewed process by an agency external to the authors’ home institution and if the work is in progress. Papers on research methods and techniques are appropriate if they go beyond what is already generally available in the literature and include description of successful use of the method. Theory papers are accepted if each proposition is supported by research evidence. Systematic reviews of the literature are reviewed if PRISMA guidelines are followed. Letters to the editor commenting on published articles are welcome.