Survey on nosocomial infection knowledge of medical staff in a tertiary hospital of Beijing

Abstract

Objective To explore the nosocomial infection knowledge of medical staff in tertiary hospitals of Beijing, and identify the influencing factors of nosocomial infection knowledge among medical staff. Methods By random sampling method, 848 medical workers in a tertiary hospital were investigated by the self-designed questionnaire of medical workers′ knowledge about nosocomial infection control questionnaire. Results The average score of medical workers′ knowledge about nosocomial infection control was (68.78±11.70) . The univariate analysis on the influencing factors of nosocomial infection knowledge showed that, the scores of medical workers′ knowledge about nosocomial infection were significantly different among workers in different departments and with different professional titles (t=6.715, 53.166; P<0.05) . Conclusions The medical workers′ knowledge about nosocomial infection in tertiary hospitals is at a medium level. Aimed at the items with low knowledge score in different groups and different medical workers, we should enhance the training among medical workers to reduce the occurrence of nosocomial infection and the incidence rate of nosocomial infection. Key words: Medical staff; Knowledge; Infection control; Status survey; Tertiary hospital