ASSIGNMENT 3: RESEARCH ABSTRACT

Subject: English for Nursing

Lecturer: Ns. Sri Padma Sari, S. Kep., MNS.

Arranged by:
Ibnu Foyas Hermanto 22020118183022

NURSING DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE FACULTY

DIPONEGORO UNIVERSITY
2019
The Relationship between Training and Supervision Factors and Nosocomial Infection
Prevention and Control Practices by Nurses in the Emergency Department

Oscar Ari Wiryansyah*, Ahsan** and Mukhamad Fathoni***

*Master’s Program of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Brawijaya Unversity, Indonesia
** ***Faculty of Medicine, Brawijaya University, Indonesia

Correspondence: Oscar Ari Wiryansyah

Phone: +6282281173356
Email: oscarariwiryansyah@gmail.com

Abstract
Background: Nosocomial infections are the type of infections from health services in
hospitals, either from patients or medical personnel, called the Healthcare-Associated
Infections (HAIs) which needs immediate concerns and solutions. Nurses in the
Emergency Department (ED) have a high potential to be exposed to blood or fluids
when providing health services, causing infections with pathogenic disease.
Objective: This study aimed to analyze the relationship between training and
supervision and nosocomial infection prevention and control by nurses in ED.
Methods: The subjects consisted of 74 nurses in ED by total sampling technique. This
studi used observational analytic design with cross-sectional approach. Observation
sheet and modified questionnaires were used to collecting data and performed Spearman
rank correlation test and logistic regression test to analyze it.
Results: This study found that 28.4% respondents (n=21) never received nosocomial
infections training, the supervision (21.6% respondents, n=16) and the nosocomial
prevention and control practices (52.7% respondents, n=39) was considered inadequate.
Training and supervision had a strong relationship with positive direction toward the
nosocomial infection prevention and control practices, with the value of r 0.296 and
0.366 respectively. Meanwhile, supervision was the most dominant factor with Exp(B)
value of 8.342.
Conclusion: There was a significant relationship between training and supervision
factors and the nosocomial infection prevention and control whilst supervision was the
most dominant factor of it. Effective and routine supervision may motivate nurses
ensure better in the infection prevention and control practice.

Keywords: training and supervision, nosocomial infection, emergency department

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