Assessment of kap of standard precautions among 3rd And 4th year regular nurse students in jimma university, Southwest ethiopia

Abstract

BACKGROUND: - Standard/universal precautions reduce the risk of transmission of blood borne infections among patients and health care workers. Compliance with universal precautions has been shown to reduce the risk of exposure to blood and bodily fluid. Objective: The objective of this study is to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of the infection prevention among regular nurse students in Jimma University. Methods: - A cross-sectional descriptive study will be conducted in Jimma University among Regular Nurse student of 3rd and 4th year from March 28 to April 1 2013G.C with convenient sampling. Data was collected by structured, open and closed ended questioner. Data was analyzed by using scientific calculators and chi-square test was considered to see the association between the dependent and independent variables. Result: The finding of this study showed that the percentage score for knowledge and attitude toward standard precautions were acceptable: 74.4% for knowledge and 70.3% for attitude. The low percentage score for practice was recorded, only 58.7% of the maximum score. 166(96.5%), 162(94.2%) and 82(47.7%) of them had adequate knowledge, attitude and practice of hand washing before and after patient care respectively. Both gender and study year had significant association with knowledge, attitude and practice toward standard precautions (P<0.05). Conclusion: - From the study, one can conclude that gender and study year had an effect with knowledge, attitude and practice toward standard precautions. But the practice of standard precautions among nursing students of Jimma University was poor. Most of the nursing student did not comply to hand washing. Recommendation: - the University administrators in collaboration with the nursing school has to give emphasis on the importance of knowledge, attitude and practice toward standard precautions and the necessary supervision has to be done by Head of nursing department.