Abstract
Objective To discuss the impact of nursing intervention on community patients' acknowledgement and treatment behavior of medical waste.Methods During the 2nd week of July 2012,478 community patients receiving venous transfusion were sampled at random into experimental group and control group.The control group was offered regular health education,nursing operating procedure and facility collection,while the experimental group was provided with intervention measures such as health education,behavior intervention,improved operation procedure and facilities.Patients were surveyed with questionnaires to observe the patients' acknowledgement and action of disposition of the medical waste in the two groups.Results After the intervention,the acknowledgementscore of the relevant knowledge of medical waste in the experimental group increased from (74.7 ± 16.3) to (33.4 ± 18.3),and the score of which also higher than (38.0 ± 17.9) of the control group after intervention.The differences were significant (t =-14.21,10.87,respectively;P ＜ 0.01).The accuracy of disposing of wasted medical cotton bails and infusion paste was 85.5％ in the experimental group after intervention which was higher than 7.4％ before intervention and 12.9％ in the control group after intervention.The differences were statistically significant (x2 =21.09,18.33,respectively; P ＜ 0.01).After intervention,the degree of satisfaction of medical waste facility collection was significantly different between the two groups (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Nursing interventionhas the impact on enhancing community patients' acknowledgement of medical waste,correcting improper treatment behavior,improving foundation work of medical waste management incommunity medical institutions,and promoting sustainable progress on hospitalized infection prevention and control. Key words: Acknowledgement; Treatment behavior; Community patient ; Medical waste ; Nursing intervention
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