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Adherence to the institutional hand-washing protocol in the operating room of a private clinic in Breña.
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2015) Ochante Minaya, Melisa Madeleine; Solis Mendoza, Angel David; Chávez Flores, Erik Mario
Adherence to the handwashing protocol in the Operating Room before and after the surgical procedure is of utmost importance and must be done correctly. This led to the investigation of the following question: What is the level of adherence to the institutional handwashing protocol among healthcare personnel in the Operating Room of a private clinic in Breña (Lima-Peru)? The study was quantitative, descriptive-explanatory, and prospective. The study population consisted of 100 healthcare professionals (Surgeons, Anesthesiologists, Nurses, and Nursing Technicians). The data collection technique used was Participant Observation, with three observations made for each sample element. The instrument used was a Checklist validated by Expert Judges, and reliability was assessed using the Test-Retest method (0.836 Before and 0.909 After the surgical intervention). The overall results show that 83% of the staff demonstrate medium and high adherence to the handwashing protocol before the surgical procedure (71% and 12%, respectively), and 70% show medium and high adherence after the surgical procedure (45% and 25%, respectively). The analysis of the results by strata predominantly shows medium adherence among surgeons, nurses, and nursing technicians, while anesthesiologists show an even distribution of low and medium adherence levels before and after the surgical procedure.
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Compliance with biosafety rules: hand washing by nurses at the Chancay hospital, September to December 2020
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2020-12-27) Lazaro Marco, Lidia Lucila; Fernández Rengifo, Werther Fernando
Introduction: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it states that Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) are transmitted within the hospital environment between patients and healthcare personnel, which is why it is considered a performance indicator in hospital management. with the purpose of strengthening the resolution capacity in infection prevention and control processes; Thus, handwashing is everyone's responsibility. Objective: Determine compliance with biosafety rules: hand washing in nurses at the Chancay hospital, September - December, 2020. Methodology: A descriptive, non-experimental, cross-sectional study will be carried out. The study population will be made up of the total number of nurses at the Chancay Hospital, from which a sample of 81 nurses who work in the healthcare area will be obtained, to whom the checklist on compliance with the requirements will be applied as an instrument. biosafety rules: hand washing. The data obtained will be tabulated and statistically processed, applying the statistical package SPSS Vs. 26.0, and Excel 2016.
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Conocimiento sobre lavado de mano y su relación con la práctica del personal de enfermería de el área del centro quirúrgico de un hospital de Lima, 2024
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2025-01-05) Huaripoma Quichua, María del Rosario; Tello Jiménez, Carmen Paula
La higiene de las manos mediante la aplicación copiosa de agua y jabón constituye una de las estrategias más eficientes y económicas para prever patologías que originan infecciones, disminuir los índices de uno de los primordiales motivos de muerte, y algunos aspectos de esta práctica se han mejorado recientemente para garantizar su implementación y cumplimiento. El proyecto se realizará con el Objetivo de “Determinar la relación que existe entre el conocimiento sobre lavado de manos y la práctica del personal de enfermería en el área del centro Quirúrgico”. Procedimiento de investigación hipotético-deductivo, orientación cuantitativa, carácter aplicativo, diseño no experimental, de tipo transversal/correlacional. La población y muestra se conformará por 92 especialistas en enfermería. Como técnica de evaluación, se utilizará un sondeo para medir los factores relacionados y la aceptación del tratamiento. Se empleará un cuestionario verificado por expertos, con un indicador de correlación de R de Pearson de 0.27 y una fiabilidad de Kuder-Richarson de 0.78. Asimismo, una lista de cotejo verificado por jueces exonerados a través de la métrica V de Aiken, que arrojó un valor de 0.94 y una fiabilidad de 0.98 (Kuder-Richarson). La recopilación de información se realizará mediante el programa SPSS IBM vs 25, y se aplicará cálculos estadísticos inferenciales no paramétrica, empleando la valoración del coeficiente de correlación a través del test de Chi Cuadrado.
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Conocimiento y actitudes hacia el lavado de manos en madres de niños menores de 5 años que acuden al servicio de crecimiento y desarrollo de un centro salud de Lima, 2024
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2025-07-25) Apayco Condori, María Rosario D´ Marcela; Matos Valverde, Carmen Victoria
Objetivo: El estudio determinó la relación entre el conocimiento y la actitud hacia el lavado de manos en madres de niños menores de cinco años. Método: La investigación utilizó metodología hipotético-deductiva, naturaleza cuantitativa, no experimental, corte transversal y nivel correlacional. Muestra conformada por 112 progenitoras con niños que no superan los 5 años. Se emplearon dos cuestionarios, el "Conocimiento sobre lavado de manos en madres de niños menores de 5 años" y las “Actitudes sobre lavado de manos en madres de niños menores de 5 años”. Resultados: El estudio reveló que el mayor porcentaje de progenitoras (51,8%) posee un buen nivel de conocimiento sobre lavado de manos, seguido por un 24,1% con nivel muy bueno, 20,5% regular y solo 3,6% deficiente.; respecto a la actitud de las madres hacia el lavado de manos, el 71,4% tuvo una actitud positiva, el 28,6% una actitud indiferente y 0% una actitud negativa. Conclusiones: Se determina relación entre las variables conocimiento y actitud hacia el lavado de manos (p = 0,000); los datos muestran una correlación positiva, a mayor grado de conocimiento sobre el lavado de manos, las progenitoras desarrollan actitudes más favorables hacia esta práctica de higiene con sus hijos menores de 5 años. A nivel de las dimensiones del conocimiento sobre lavados de manos, se identifica relación entre la dimensión aspectos básicos, material y procedimientos con la actitud respecto el lavado de manos en madres con hijos que no superan los cinco años.
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Conocimiento y cumplimiento del protocolo de lavado de manos en estudiantes del 5 al 8 ciclo de la Universidad Norbert Wiener, Lima - 2024
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2025-02-19) Corzo Arotoma, Daysi; Marroquín García, Lorenzo Enrique
El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo principal determinar la relación entre el conocimiento y el cumplimiento del protocolo de lavado de manos en estudiantes del 5° al 8° ciclo de la Universidad Norbert Wiener, Lima - 2024. La investigación se desarrolló bajo un enfoque cuantitativo, con un diseño no experimental, descriptivo y transversal. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 208 estudiantes, seleccionados mediante muestreo aleatorio simple. Los resultados mostraron que la mayoría de los estudiantes (88.9%) posee un nivel de conocimiento medio sobre el protocolo de lavado de manos. Sin embargo, se observó un alto porcentaje de cumplimiento adecuado del protocolo (89.9%), lo que indica que, aunque el conocimiento no es predominantemente alto, es suficiente para asegurar una práctica adecuada en la mayoría de los estudiantes. La relación entre el conocimiento y el cumplimiento fue estadísticamente significativa (p<0.05), lo que confirma la hipótesis planteada en el estudio. Se concluye que el conocimiento teórico, junto con una educación práctica continua, es esencial para mantener altos niveles de cumplimiento del protocolo de lavado de manos, lo cual es crucial para la prevención de infecciones en entornos académicos.
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Conocimiento y la práctica del profesional de enfermería sobre la aspiración de secreciones en pacientes intubados en un hospital de Lima octubre 2022
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2024-09-22) Ybarra Ramos, Sammy Andy Nicole; Arévalo Marcos, Rodolfo Amado
En esta investigación titulada conocimiento y la práctica del profesional de enfermería sobre la aspiración de secreciones en pacientes intubados en un hospital de Lima, Octubre, 2022; cuyo objetivo es determinar la relación entre el nivel de conocimiento y practica del profesional de enfermería sobre la aspiración de secreciones en pacientes intubados en un hospital, se realiza bajo el método de investigación hipotético deductivo con un enfoque cuantitativo de tipo básica, diseño no experimental, se usará como técnica la encuesta y la observación no participante, el instrumento se obtuvo estudia las 2 variables cuales son conocimiento y práctica del profesional de enfermería sobre la aspiración de secreciones en pacientes intubados; presenta justificación teórica por que busca determinar si existe relación entre las variables mediante la revisión de bibliografías cientientificas, metodológica ya que aportara la relación de las variables mediante la utilización de un instrumento será procesado para la evaluación de los resultados y practica porque serán a beneficio del establecimiento de salud para mejora de la práctica profesional y bienestar del paciente; se realizó bajo la hipótesis general existe relación entre los conocimientos y práctica del profesional de enfermería sobre la aspiración de secreciones en pacientes intubados en un hospital.
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Conocimientos y prácticas de higiene de manos prequirúrgica del personal de salud de un hospital II-1 de Lima Centro, 2024
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2025-03-09) Cervantes Roque, Sharol Lilian; Barreda Paredes, Ruby Ines
La presente investigación cuenta con el objetivo de evaluar la relación las prácticas prequirúrgica en II-1 Lima Centro, en el periodo 2024. En cuanto a la parte metodológica 19 este estudio tomará tipo básica, - correlacional y de corte se usará, el transversal. Los sujetos para el estudio de investigación serán los trabajadores de un Hospital II de Lima Centro, siendo un total de 72 los cuales se utilizaran como muestra censal es decir todos participarán y posteriormente se aplicarán los instrumentos validados y confiables, siendo para la variable conocimiento un cuestionario que consta de tres dimensiones con un total de 10 preguntas y para el constructo práctica se usará una guía de evaluación del proceso de higiene de manos prequirúrgica la cual se distribuye en tres dimensiones con un total de 31 enunciados. En cuanto al proceso de análisis de la información obtenida, se ejecutará el software Excel para el barrido de datos y el programa SPSS - v26.0 para verificar las hipótesis. De la misma manera, para completar el propósito de correlación de la investigación se gestionará la prueba de normalidad de Kolmogorov Smirnov, la cual ayudará a elegir el coeficiente a usar, siendo posible utilizar el Coeficiente de Pearson.
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Effectiveness of an educational intervention in children to improve the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices about washing hands before consuming food
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2019-09-29) Francia Niño de Guzmán, Lourdes Durley; Bonilla Asalde, César Antonio
Objective: Analyze the Effectiveness of an educational intervention in children to improve knowledge, attitudes and practices of hand hygiene before consuming food, interventions to improve healthy lifestyles. Materials and Methods: Simple, observational systematic verification of research results, identifying relevant studies to answer specific questions of community practice. The search was based on complete articles, which were used in critical reading, using the grade system to assign the strength of suggestion. The articles are: Israel 10% (01/10), Cuba 10% (01/10) Ethiopia 10% (01/10) Mexico 20% (02/10) Venezuela 10% (01/10) Spain 10% (01 /10) Australia 10% (01/10) Nepal 10% (01/10) and Brazil 10% (01/10). Results: The results related to hand washing before eating food indicate that not all children have the knowledge, adequate practices and hygiene materials required for adequate hygiene, therefore there will not be a complete and effective activity for the practice. healthy. Conclusions: The effectiveness of the level of knowledge, practices and attitudes about hand washing before eating food prevents diseases in children and their caregivers, is reflected in hygiene and hand washing practices.
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Effectiveness of an educational intervention in increasing handwashing among emergency services staff
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2017-07-22) Rios Carrasco, Ana Cecilia; Sánchez Torres, Katty Leonor; Gómez Gonzales, Walter Edgar
Objective: to systematize studies on the effectiveness of educational interventions in increasing handwashing among emergency services personnel. Materials and Methods: This is a Systematic Review of 5 scientific articles on the effectiveness of educational interventions in increasing handwashing among emergency services personnel. These articles were found in the Pubmed and Medline databases, all of which are of systematic review design (4 articles) and meta-analysis (1 article), which are considered the highest and most reliable in terms of evidence quality and recommendation strength. Conclusions: Educational intervention is effective in increasing handwashing among healthcare personnel. Results: 100% of the articles (n = 05/05) demonstrated in the reviewed studies that educational interventions including education, feedback, and reminders are effective in improving handwashing compliance among emergency healthcare personnel.
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Effectiveness of an educational intervention in increasing handwashing among emergency services staff
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2017-07-22) Rios Carrasco, Ana Cecilia; Sánchez Torres, Katty Leonor; Gómez Gonzales, Walter Edgar
Objective: to systematize studies on the effectiveness of educational interventions in increasing handwashing among emergency services personnel. Materials and Methods: This is a Systematic Review of 5 scientific articles on the effectiveness of educational interventions in increasing handwashing among emergency services personnel. These articles were found in the Pubmed and Medline databases, all of which are of systematic review design (4 articles) and meta-analysis (1 article), which are considered the highest and most reliable in terms of evidence quality and recommendation strength. Conclusions: Educational intervention is effective in increasing handwashing among healthcare personnel. Results: 100% of the articles (n = 05/05) demonstrated in the reviewed studies that educational interventions including education, feedback, and reminders are effective in improving handwashing compliance among emergency healthcare personnel.
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Effectiveness of manual washing in the complete removal of biological remains of the surgical instrumentation
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2019-11-24) Oblitas Chicoma, Mónica Cedelinda; Sánchez Díaz, Evelyn Edith; Pretell Aguilar, Rosa Maria
Material and Methods: The study type is quantitative, and the design is a systematic review, obtained from the following databases: Dialnet, Scielo, Google Scholar, and Medline. Of the 5 articles analyzed, 60% (3/5) are experimental, 20% (1/5) is quantitative, and 20% (1/5) is a systematic review. In terms of the quality of evidence, 80% was found to be high, and 20% was medium. According to the strength of recommendation, 80% is strong, and 20% is weak. The countries where the studies were conducted are the United Kingdom (20%), the United States (20%), Mexico (20%), China (20%), and Peru (20%). Conclusions: It is concluded that 5 out of 5 articles demonstrate that manual washing is effective for the complete removal of biological debris from surgical instruments. Of these, 4 out of 5 articles demonstrate the effectiveness of biological debris removal through the combination of manual and automated washing of surgical instruments, emphasizing that manual washing must be performed prior to any cleaning process.
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Efficacy of an educational intervention on hand washing in the prevention of hospital-acquired infection
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 1905-07-09) Reyes Salvador, Sonia Margot; Zaquinaula Aranda, Jesús Socorro; Mendigure Fernández, Julio
Objective: Determine the effectiveness of an educational intervention on hand washing in the prevention of hospital-acquired infection in health personnel. Methodology: This is a systematic review, whose search has been restricted to articles with full text, and the selected articles were subjected to critical reading to identify their level of evidence. Results: In the final selection, 10 articles were chosen, finding that 40% (04) correspond to Spain, 30% (03) to Mexico, 10% (01) correspond to Brazil, Colombia and Cuba respectively. Mostly non-experimental studies have been examined, with 50%, mainly in the countries of Spain, Mexico, Colombia and Brazil. Pre and quasi-experimental with 40%, in the countries of Cuba, Spain and Mexico; With meta-analytic information, 10% was found; belonging to Spain. Of the total articles analyzed, 80% agree that educational interventions on handwashing are effective in health personnel. Conclusion: Effectiveness is shown in terms of increased knowledge, changes in attitude and behavior in a lasting manner, ensuring compliance with international protocols and standards for the prevention and control of hospital-acquired infection, thus reducing nosocomial-acquired hospital infection.
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Evaluación del lavado de manos mediante bioluminiscencia en personal sanitario de la Clínica Delgado, Lima, 2022
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2025-04-26) Dextre Lazaro, Cynthia Judith; Vílchez Bellido, Dina
El propósito de esta investigación fue evaluar el lavado de manos mediante bioluminiscencia en personal asistencial de la Clínica Delgado, Lima, 2022. A tal efecto se siguió una ruta cuantitativa, analítica y no experimental donde se evaluaron a 64 colaboradores de salud mediante una ficha de recolección de datos midiendo con bioluminiscencia, a través de un luminómetro, las unidades relativas de luz (URL), considerándose que cuanto mayor sea el número de URL habrá un mayor grado de contaminación, siendo la higiene de manos apropiada cuando el número de URL sea <500 URL. Los hallazgos evidenciaron que el lavado de manos en el personal sanitario fue apropiado (p=0.000). Antes del lavado de manos, el 53.1% del personal asistencial mostró una higiene de manos apropiada, mientras que el 46.9% fue no apropiada. Luego del lavado de manos el 100% calificó como higiene apropiada. Se concluye que el lavado de manos mostró una higiene apropiada en el personal sanitario de la Clínica Delgado.
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Evidence-based educational interventions to increase the level of knowledge and improve healthy practices for the prevention of intestinal parasitosis in school-age children
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2020-08-02) Marcelo Montero, Ericka Beatriz; Nicho Ramos, Mayra Geraldine; Uturunco Vera, Milagros Lizbeth
The search for full-text articles was carried out in the Cochrane, Scielo and Pubmed databases. 10 articles are included (7 clinical trials, 2 quasi-experimental and 1 cross-sectional design). They all demonstrate the effectiveness of evidence-based educational interventions to increase the level of knowledge and improve healthy practices for the prevention of intestinal parasitosis in children: they are usually educational interventions aimed at teachers, parents and school children taught to through educational talks, demonstration sessions, posters, videos, brochures, etc. on specific topics of parasites signs, symptoms and their prevention. Educational programs with teaching resources such as videos, social dramas and workshops achieve a positive effect in improving knowledge related to healthy practices and habits such as; hand washing, nail trimming, personal hygiene, environmental hygiene and proper disposal of excreta. The nurse plays an important role in the education of children at school. Through interventions in schools, we can contribute to increasing the child's knowledge and improving their healthy lifestyle practices.
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Knowledge about hand washing and its relationship with the practice in nursing professionals from the intensive care unit at Hospital Hipólito Unanue, 2023
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2023-07-30) Pezo Gaviria, Jessica Liliana; Cárdenas de Fernández, María Hilda
This study will be carried out in an environment of the intensive care unit of the Hipólito Unanue hospital and will focus on the knowledge and practice of hand washing among nursing professionals, a very important act to prevent the spread of diseases both to patients such as health personnel, who may be harmed as they recover, putting their health and even their lives at risk, has as a general objective to determine how knowledge about hand washing is related to the practice of nursing professionals. The method is hypothetical - deductive, with a quantitative approach, applied, prospective and cross-sectional; of a non-experimental correlational design, the test will be applied using Rho Espearman; with a population that is made up of 60 nursing professionals who work in the intensive care unit service of the Hipólito Unanue National Hospital. The instruments will be a questionnaire and the courtship list.
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Knowledge about hand washing and practice in nursing staff, intensive care unit in a private clinic, Lima - 2024
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2024-07-21) Marchena Leon, Giancarlos Juvenal; Cabrera Espezua, Jeannelly Paola
Objective: Determine the relationship between the level of knowledge and practice on hand washing in the nursing staff of the intensive care unit in a private clinic, Lima- 2024. Material and methods: The research will follow the quantitative approach, hypothetical deductive method, non-experimental, cross-sectional, correlational design. The population will be made up of 80 nurses. The technique to be used will be the survey and observation, the instruments that will be applied will be the questionnaire and the checklist, reliability was carried out using the KR20 for both instruments, obtaining the following results, for knowledge about handwashing with a value of 0.75 and hand washing practices with a value of 0.82, with these results were considered highly reliable, regarding the validity through expert judgment and the Aiken V test was applied, the result for the first variable was 0.74 and for the second variable it was 0.86, both considered valid. After obtaining the results, the information will be processed through statistical analysis with the SPSS version 27 program. To carry out the hypothesis testing, the Kolmogrov Smirnov normality test will be executed, then the statistical test to be used will be identified to be able to accept the hypothesis, if the value of “p” is less than 5% or reject it if the value of “p” is greater than 5%.
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Knowledge about social handwashing and disinfection of parents of students from initial I.E.P. Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, May - 2020
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2020-11-26) Ayquipa Huillcapuma, Leyla Mariel; Gonzales Saldaña, Susan Haydee
Objective: determine the level of knowledge about social hand washing and disinfection of parents of 5-year-old schoolchildren from the I.E.P. Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. Material and methods: quantitative, descriptive, applicative, and cross-sectional study, with a population of 160 parents, with a sample of 82 parents who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria, the technique was the questionnaire survey by the author Caypo 2012 ( 25), where the reliability value of the questionnaire was 0.798. Results: 58.5% are parents between the ages of 29 and 42, the vast majority being female with 82.9%, with professional education in 47.6%, and prevalent marital status of married with 42.7%, the hand washing dimension had a medium level of knowledge with 63.4% prevalently, while the disinfection dimension had a medium and low level of knowledge at the same time. of 42.7% each respectively, and the determination of the level of knowledge of social hand washing and disinfection is predominantly medium with 50.0%. Conclusion: the level of knowledge about social hand washing and disinfection of the parents of 5-year-old schoolchildren is predominantly medium, which is why educational intervention is promoted.
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Knowledge and attitude of the nursing staff in the cleaning and disinfection process of surgical material in the sterilization center of the Hospital de Chancay 2022
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2023-07-30) Portella Collantes, Eva Jacqueline; Mori Castro, Jaime Alberto
This academic research aims to determine the relationship between knowledge and attitude in nursing staff in the process of cleaning and disinfection of surgical material in the Central Sterilization of the Hospital de Chancay Lima 2023. Materials and methods: A correlational, quantitative, analytical, descriptive and cross-sectional investigation will be carried out in 58 health personnel (36 nursing graduates, 18 nursing technicians, 4 nursing assistants), in which a survey will be carried out and a questionnaire will be applied for the first variable. As an instrument, for the second variable it will be observation and as an instrument an observation guide, which were validated through an expert judgment, also demonstrating reliability through Cronbach's alpha coefficient.
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Knowledge and practice of central venous catheter care in nurses of the intensive care unit of the AUNA clinic, Lima, 2021
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2021-09-26) Arévalo Pinedo, Pamely Elizabeth; Fernández Rengifo, Werther Fernando
Nursing knowledge and practice in the management of the central venous catheter is fundamentally based on preventing its exposure to pathogenic agents, practicing universal biosafety protocols such as hand washing, use of gloves and disinfection of the central catheter, constantly, moreover, avoiding manipulation to a minimum degree if it were not necessary. The primary purpose of the study is to determine the level of knowledge and its relationship with the practice of central venous catheter care of nurses in the intensive care unit of the Auna clinic, Lima, 2021. The population and census sample are the nurses who work at the Auna Clinic during the period October to December 2021. The survey and observation technique is the one that will be applied to collect the observations of both variables. To measure knowledge, the questionnaire created and validated by Herrera in 2019 will be used, an instrument composed of 24 items divided into 3 dimensions: maintenance, solution management and complications, which has a reliability of 0.79 applying Kuder's formula 20 - Richardson. To estimate the nurse's practice in the care of the central venous catheter, the checklist instrument validated by Torres in 2019 will be used through a pilot test and applying Kuder's formula 20 - Richardson obtained a reliability result of 0.88. . The data will be processed using the Excel sheet and then analyzed statistically in SPSS 26 using the chi-square test and the Spearman correlation coefficient, to finally be presented in tables and figures.
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Knowledge and practice of clinical hand washing in surgical center staff of the Sergio E. Bernales Hospital - Collique, Collique, 2021
(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2021-10-17) Ricra Ricra, María Elizabeth; Basurto Santillán, Ivan Javier
The present research work entitled "Knowledge and Practice of clinical handwashing of the surgical center staff of the Hospital Sergio Bernales, Collique 2021" is carried out within the scope of nursing in a surgical center, focusing on the knowledge and practice of handwashing, topic of vital relevance within the healthcare field, since the health, well-being and life of the professionals who work in said context and, mainly, of the patients who require surgery for some condition or ailment depend on it. In this sense, handwashing becomes a barrier to avoid nosocomial infections that could harm the healthy development of the service. The objective of which was to determine the relationship between knowledge and practice of clinical handwashing among surgical center staff. Materials and methods: the approach is quantitative, the research is basic, with a descriptive-correlational scope and a non-experimental, transversal design. The sample includes 76 health workers from the Surgical Center of the Sergio E. Bernales Hospital in Collique. The selected technique is the survey and the instruments are the questionnaire for the knowledge variable and a check list for the practical handwashing variable.