Infection prevention and control compliance among nurses and nursing students during COVID-19 in Malaysia

Abdul Hamid, Siti Hazariah and Hasan, Haliza and Wan Mamat, Wan Hasliza and Imran Ho, Dina Syazana Ho and Che Hasan, Muhammad Kamil (2024) Infection prevention and control compliance among nurses and nursing students during COVID-19 in Malaysia. International Journal of Public Health Science, 13 (1). pp. 200-207. ISSN 2252-8806 E-ISSN 2620-4126

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Abstract

The Malaysian COVID-19 hospital admission rate and the intensive care wards usage are now declining as the health service system enters a stage of recovery in the endemic phase. This study aimed to explore the barriers to and facilitators of infection prevention and control (IPC) compliance among staff nurses and nursing students and to observe their IPC compliance when attending to the patients in the respective wards. Qualitative study using indepth interviews was conducted with staff nurses and the nursing students as primary data collection methods and supported with direct observation in the wards. A total of 21 staff nurses and 14 undergraduate nursing students from multiple wards were purposively sampled from April to December 2022. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis in Nvivo software. Four key themes were emerged in this study such as the partcipants i) Narrating IPC compliance; ii) IPC compliance adherence; iii) Perceived barriers for noncompliance to IPC; iv) Empowering staff nurses and nursing students on IPC compliance. The study findings served as key evidence for the hospital top management and the nursing faculty in planning the strategies to improve the IPC training and monitoring by empowering staff nurses and nursing students at their teaching hospitals.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Compliance Endemic COVID-19 Infection prevention Nurses Qualitative study
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC111 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases R Medicine > RT Nursing R Medicine > RT Nursing > RT89 Specialities in nursing > RT90.7 Primary nursing
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Nursing > Department of Medical Surgical Nursing Kulliyyah of Nursing Kulliyyah of Nursing > Department of Professional Nursing Studies Kulliyyah of Nursing > Department of Special Care Nursing
Depositing User:	Dr Muhammad Kamil Che Hasan
Date Deposited:	07 Feb 2024 09:15
Last Modified:	07 Feb 2024 09:15
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/110732

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