ASSESSMENT OF AWARENESS AND PRACTICES OF SURGICAL SITE INFECTION PREVENTION AMONG NURSES AND MIDWIVES IN PAKISTAN

Abstract

Objective: To Access Awareness and Practice among Nurses and Midwives

Material & Methods: A cross-sectional research was carried out from December 15, 2023 to October 11, 2024

among 324 nurses at University of Lahore Teaching Hospital Lahore, Pakistan. Participants in the research comprised all nurses who volunteered to work directly with patients in obstetrics, gynecology, orthopaedic, surgical, and operation theater (OT) wards and units. With the use of SPSS software version 21, data was examined using both descriptive and inferential  statistics. Frequencies and percentages were computed for every research variable. To gauge the degree of correlation between the dependent and independent variables, chi square product moment correlation was used.

Results: Most participants were women, married, between the ages of 26 and 30, had nursing degrees, and mostly employed in the Operation Theater. Among nurse subgroups, the majority showed acceptable awareness of SSI prevention (82.41%), with no discernible differences. Both awareness and practice (p = 0.007) and ward type and practice level (p < 0.0001) were shown to be significantly correlated, with the Orthopaedic ward exhibiting the greatest proportion of insufficient practices.