KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES ABOUT ENDOSCOPY PROCEDURES AMONG NURSES OF NISHTAR HOSPITAL MULTAN
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.47941/ijhmnp.593Keywords:
Knowledge, practices of nurses, endoscopy proceduresAbstract
Purpose: To assess Knowledge and practices of nurses regarding endoscopic procedures and to identify associated factors towards effective endoscopy procedures
Methodology: A descriptive cross sectional study was designed. The population for this study was 250. There was selection of the population of nurses in Nishtar Hospital Multan. The target population or sample size consists of 150 participants. The nurses were selected from the Nishtar Hospital Multan for the completion of study. Likert scale close ended questionnaire was adopted for data collection from the study participants. Results were analyzed through SPSS.
Results: the nurse age, training and dealing period might have an effect on the level of nurses data relating to canal endoscopy including; general precautions, basic steps to wash and medical care in examination unit. The majority of nurses had positive attitude. While coaching and qualification can affect dealing with the patients additionally to nurses level of apply before, throughout and manual disinfecting of endoscopy.
Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: Extensive training of staff involved in endoscope reprocessing is mandatory for quality assurance and for effective infection control and documentation of this tarring is required. The efficacy of manual cleaning and HLD operator dependent, thus assignment of personnel responsible for endoscope.
Downloads
References
Alfa MJ, Olson N , Degagne P(2016). The Reliance Endoscope Processing System. AJIC 2016, 34:561
Ali R. Hamed Shehata (2013). Thesis; Endoscopy and Gastroenterology Department, Assiut university 2013.
Bertleff M, Helm JA, Bemelman WA, Vandeham AC, Vandeharst E , Oei HI (2019). Randomized Clinical Trial of Endoscopy: The LAMA Trial Randomized Clinical Trial of
Endoscopy procedures: The LAMA Trial. World Journal of Surgery 2019;33 (7): 1368-1377.
California Department of Health Services (CDHS).State Health Department Releases Revised Nurse To-Patient ratios for public comment on endoscopy 2003.
Carl J. Alvarado , Mark R (2019). APIC Guideline for infection prevention and control Flexible Endoscopy. Am J Infect Control 2018.
Canadian Standards Association. Decontamination of Reusable Medical Devices during endoscopy. Mississauga, Ontario; 2018.
Cotton PB, Williams CB, Hawes RH, Saunders BP (2018). Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the Fundamentals, Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2018. Sixth edition, chapter 3, p.2.
Cowen AE (2014). The clinical risks of infection associated with endoscopy. Can J Gastroenterol 2014.
Day T, Wainwright SP, Wilson-Barnett J (2015). An evaluation of a teaching intervention to Improve The practice of endoscopic procedures in intensive care units. J Clin Nurs. 2015 Sep;10 (5):682-96.
El-Shamaa ET (2010). Developing A Control Action Plan For Infection Prevention At The Endoscopy Unit. International Journal Of Academic Research 2010, 2(4):
Gómez M, Llach J (2013). Role of nurses in endoscopy. 2013.
Kennedy J, Oconnor P and Sadovnick AD (2016). Multiple methods of endoscopy influenced By patient requirements: American Journal of Nursing 2016.
Majeski J, Lynch W, Durst G (2019). EXPLANATION OF ENDOSCOPY. Am J Surg. 2019 Nov;198(5).
Mehta AC, Prakash UBS, Garland R, et al (2015). American College of physicians and American Association for endoscopy Consensus Statement: Prevention of Flexible Endoscopy-Associated Infection. 2015; 128:1742-55.
Mohamad HAE-RAE-A, Mohamad ZA, EL-Abdeen Z, Sayed A, editors. impact of designed nursing teaching protocol on nurses performance and patients out comes 2014.
Nelson DB (2016). Recent advances in epidemiology and prevention of endoscopic related infections, Current Opinions in Infectious Diseases 2016.
Pathmakanthan S, Murray I, Smith K, Heeley R, Donnelly M (2016). Nurse Endoscopists in United Kingdom health care: a survey of prevalence, skills and attitudes. J Adv Nurs 2016; 36: 705–10.
Paudyal P, Simkhada P, Bruce J (2018). Knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding endoscopy procedures among Neplease health care workers. Am J Infect Control 2018, 36:595-597.
Petersen BT, Chennat J, Cohen J, Cotton PB, Greenwald DA, Kowalski TE et al (2019). ASGE Quality Assurance in Endoscopy Committee, Rutala WA; Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.Multisociety guideline on reprocessing flexible GI endoscopes: 2019.
Public Health Agency of Canada. Infection Prevention and Control Guideline for Flexible
Endoscopy (2016).
Robinson J, Moreau D, McCann J (2015). Hand Book of Medical-Endoscopic Nursing , 3rd ed.,Pennsylvania:Springhouse 2015, pp. 303-310.
Reda AA, Vandeweerd JM, Syre TR, Egata G (2019). Experiences of healthcare workers towards endoscopy in Ethiopia: attitudes toward universal precautions during endoscopy. J Hosp Infect 2019, 7: 163-169.
Salvetto M (2017). The nurse's role during endoscopic procedures. Minerva Med 2017.
Smith, NE , Timby, BK (2018). Introductory medical endoscopy nursing, Caring for clients Undergoing endoscopy, 10th ed. Philadelphia, Wolters Kluwer Health, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2018, Pp (583- 585).
Sagoe-Moses C, Pearson RD, Perry J, Jagger J(2016). Risks to patients during endoscopy. N Engl J Med 2016.
Stein AD, Makarawo TP, Ahmad MF (2017). A survey of doctors’ and nurses knowledge, attitudes and compliance with infection control guidelines during Endoscopy in Birmingham teaching hospitals. J Hosp Infect 2017.
Saniee M, shalmanie HM, Zali MR. knowledge , attitudes and practices of GI and endoscopy nurses in iran. How much does nurses know about modes of transmission and prevention of HIV / AIDS ? : 729 offfical journal of the Amercian College of Gastroenterology I ACG. 2004, 99:S236.
Weber DJ, Rutala WA (2012). Lessons from outbreaks associated with endoscopy. J Hosp Infect
Vaessen HH, Knape JT (2016). Considerable Variability of Procedural Sedation and Analgesia Practices for Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures in Europe. Clin Endosc, 2016, 49(1):47-55.
Vergis AS, Thomson D , Pieroni P, Dhalla S (2017). Reprocessing Flexible Gastrointestinal Endoscopies: Is It Necessary? .Endoscopy 2017; 39:737-9
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work’s authorship and initial publication in this journal.
