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Date Published: 07/08/2021
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v504i1.875
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Vol. 504 No. 1 (2021)
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Các bài báo
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Ngọc Bích, N. ., & Thị Ngọc Hương, P. . (2021). KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE ON CLEANING AND DISINFECTING MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AMONG NURSES AND MIDWIVES AT QUANG NINH OBSTETRICS AND PEDIATRICS HOSPITAL, 2019. Vietnam Medical Journal, 504(1). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v504i1.875

KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE ON CLEANING AND DISINFECTING MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AMONG NURSES AND MIDWIVES AT QUANG NINH OBSTETRICS AND PEDIATRICS HOSPITAL, 2019

Nguyễn Ngọc Bích1,, Phạm Thị Ngọc Hương2
1 Hanoi University of Public Health
2 Quang Ninh Hospital for Obstetrics and Pediatrics

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Abstract

Medical equipment’s surfaces were the sourses of hospital infection if they were not cleaned and disinfected properly, thus could affect to the quality of service of hospital. This study aimed to investigate knowledge and practice of nurses and midwives at Quang Ninh Obstetrics and Pediatrics hospital. Cross-sectional study was designed and conducted among clinical nurses using self – administered questionnaire. Whole sample of 131 nurses and midwives was selected. Results show that  only 53.4% of nurses  and midwives had correct knowledge on  cleaning and disinfecting medical equipment and only 61.1% practiced properly. Nurses and midwives who had incorrect knowledge were  14.98 more likely practiced   inadequately compared to the other group. It was recommended that the hospital should provide  training for their  staff   and   supervise them regularly.

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knowledge, practice, medical equipment surface, cleaning and disinfaction, hospital

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