Correlation between nurses' knowledge and practices in prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) with UTI incidence in ICU.

IF 3.9 2区医学 Q1 NURSING

BMC Nursing Pub Date : 2025-10-09 DOI:10.1186/s12912-025-03910-3

Ata Karami, Mohammad Azad Majedi, Naser Kamyari, Salam Vatandost

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Abstract

Background: The way of Foley insertion and required cares after that are key factors to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection. Nurses play the main role in catheter placement and care, so their knowledge and performance are important. This study aims to determine Correlation Between Nurses' Knowledge and Practices in prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infection with Urinary Tract Infection Incidence in Intensive Care Unit.

Methods: This correlational study was conducted with the cross-sectional method. 105 nurses from five Intensive Care Unit wards was selected with census sampling. The data about nurses' knowledge and practice to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection was collected through standard questionnaires with self-reporting. The incidence of Urinary Tract Infection in the last six months according to statistics recorded by the hospital infection control center was considered. The descriptive results of nurses' knowledge, their practice, Urinary Tract Infection prevalence, and the correlation between these factors was examined.

Results: The average work experience of nurses was 2.90 ± 1.57 years. Only 16.20% of nurses had taken part in workshops related to Urinary Tract Infection prevention. The average score of knowledge was 73.26, and for practice was 2.85 ± 0.37, which both were in a low level. The overall incidence of Urinary Tract Infection in the mentioned period was 2.99%. Urinary Tract Infection prevalence had an inverse and significant correlation with nurses' knowledge and practice, 0.461 and 0.491 respectively.

Conclusion: Nurses' knowledge and practice to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection were at poor level. Therefore, considering the negative and significant correlation of these variables with incidence of Urinary Tract Infection in this study, it is required that nurses be trained about specialized trainings related to urinary catheter care.

Clinical trial number: Not applicable.

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ICU护士预防导尿管相关性尿路感染的知识与实践与尿路感染发生率的关系

背景：留置方式及留置后护理是预防导尿管相关性尿路感染的关键因素。护士在导管放置和护理中起主要作用，因此他们的知识和表现很重要。本研究旨在探讨重症监护病房护士预防导尿管相关性尿路感染的知识与实践与尿路感染发生率的关系。方法：采用横断面法进行相关性研究。采用人口普查抽样方法，从5个重症监护室病房抽取105名护士。采用标准问卷和自我报告的方式收集护士预防导尿管相关性尿路感染的知识和实践情况。参照医院感染控制中心统计的近半年尿路感染发生率。对护士的知识、执业情况、尿路感染的患病率以及这些因素之间的相关性进行描述性分析。结果：护理人员平均工作年限为2.90±1.57年。仅有16.20%的护士参加过预防尿路感染相关的研修班。知识平均得分为73.26分，实践平均得分为2.85±0.37分，均处于较低水平。同期尿路感染总发生率为2.99%。尿路感染患病率与护士知识、实践水平呈显著负相关，分别为0.461和0.491。结论：护理人员预防导尿管相关性尿路感染的知识和实践水平较差。因此，考虑到本研究中这些变量与尿路感染发生率呈显著负相关，需要对护士进行导尿管护理相关的专业培训。临床试验号：不适用。

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BMC Nursing Nursing-General Nursing

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3.90

自引率

6.20%

发文量

317

审稿时长

30 weeks

期刊介绍： BMC Nursing is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of nursing research, training, education and practice.