Nurses’ Adherence to Egyptian Standard Infection Control Guidelines in Pediatric Hemodialysis Unit

Ali,, Marwa I Ibrahim Said; Helaly, Nadia Medany; Ahmed, Abeer Abd El Razik; Ramadan, Hanan Mabrouk ,

doi:10.21608/asalexu.2025.450088

Nurses’ Adherence to Egyptian Standard Infection Control Guidelines in Pediatric Hemodialysis Unit

Document Type : Research articles

Authors

¹ Teacher At the Technical Institute of Nursing at Dar Ismail Hospital

² Professor Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt.

³ Lecturer Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt

10.21608/asalexu.2025.450088

Abstract

Background: A health care-associated infection (HCAI) is defined as "an infection
that initially manifests 48 hours or more after hospitalization, or within 30 days after
receiving medical treatment." It may result in increased rates of morbidity and
mortality as well as longer hospital stays. In order to lower the occurrence of HCA,
pediatric nurses in hemodialysis (HD) units must strictly adhere to established
infection control procedures. Aim: The study aimed to assess nurses' adherence to
Egyptian standard infection control guidelines in pediatric HD unit. Setting: The
study was conducted in Kidney Dialysis Unit at Smouha University Children's
Hospital. Subjects: All nurses who were responsible for providing direct care for
children undergoing HD (30 nurses). Tool: One tool was used to collect necessary
data: Nurses’ adherence to Egyptian standard infection control guidelines
observational checklist. Results: The majority of the nurses had high satisfactory
scores concerning adherence to hand hygiene, wearing personal protective
equipment, safe injection, waste disposal, cleaning and disinfection of environmental
surfaces and handling of disposable supplies/ instruments/ equipment
(93.3%,95.8%,95.0%,98,3%,92.5% and 91.7% respectively). Conclusion: It was
concluded that the highest percentage of the studied nurses had overall “high
Satisfactory" adherence to Egyptian Standard Infection Control Guidelines.
Recommendations: Based on the previous findings and conclusion: The recent
Egyptian standard infection control guidelines should be applied by the pediatric
nurses in HD unit to guard against the occurrence of HAI.

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