A Study to Assess the Knowledge of Staff Nurses on Infection Control Protocol in NICU Suitable for Peripheral Newborn Clinic at Selected Hospital of Jabalpur City, Madhya Pradesh

Abstract

Newborn care is one of the vital sectors to be looked into in order to reduce neonatal mortality and morbidity. Infection is great area of concern, especially for the newborn babies, we are losing many babies, because of sepsis in resources limited setting, while it is difficult to treat neonatal sepsis, it is rather easier to prevent infections. Recommendations for prevention for infection, with special references to the rural Indian scenario. The approaches towards the prevention of neonatal sepsis are multi-disciplinary. Comprising of neonatologist, hospital administration, nursing staff, and engineers. Thus making implementation easy, if the equipment and other consumable are manufactured indigenously bulk, and in a large quantities, thus reducing the financial burden on the hospital and the health care cost of the country. The present study was to evaluate the knowledge of staff nurses on infection control protocol. Total sample size consumed of 100 staff nurses and convenience sampling was used area in Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh. Data was collected using a self – structured question are purposive sampling. Regarding demographic variables majority highest number of respondents was in the educational qualification staff nurses. Majority of the respondent (49 %) had experiences in SNCU. It was found that self-instructional module was very effective in improving the knowledge of staff nurses of regarding infection control protocol in NICU.