Application of Care Bundle Approach for Preventing Device Associated Infections: A Training Program for Pediatric and Neonatal Nurses

Abstract

Background: Care bundle implementation as a small set of evidence-based interventions together wasused in this study for giving better outcomes for defined nurses; caring for pediatric and neonatal patientsare faced with increased risks of the device-associated infections and life-threatening conditions duringexposure to many invasive devices in intensive care units.Objective: To assess the influence of the application of care bundle approach training program on pediatricand neonatal nurses for preventing device-associated infection.Methodology: A quasi-experimental study was used. This study was conducted in pediatric and neonatalintensive care units at Ain Shams University Specialized Hospital (ASUSH) in Cairo.A convenient sampleof 70 nurses were involved for data collection by two method; First: An interviewing questionnairedivided into two parts: Part 1. Nurses demographic data, Part 2. Assessment of nurses’ knowledge. Second:Observation checklist for assessing nursing performance regarding the bundle of care.Results: Less than one quarters (21.40%) of the studied nurses had satisfied knowledge preprogramintervention, compared with more than 85.70% of them has a satisfied post-program intervention regardingthe level of total knowledge about the bundle of care;Also, 15.70%of the studied nurses had competent totalperformance regarding the bundle of care pre-program intervention compared with nearly 72.9%of them hada competent performance post-program intervention.Conclusion: Application of training program reported remarkable improvement in pediatric and neonatalintensive care nurses’ knowledge and performance toward the care bundle approach for preventing deviceassociatedinfection.