Nurses’
Nurses’
knowledge and performance regarding infection control during milk formula
preparation and its effect on neonates at El-Minia city hospitals
Shaimaa Shaban Mohamed1,
Basma Abd El – Moez Ali2, Hekmat E. Abd-El-karim3 and
Eman S. Masoed.1
1Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, 2 Department
of Pediatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, El-Minia Universty, 3 Department
of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University
Abstract: Milk
products are excellent media for multiplication of potentially pathogenic
bacteria. Inadequate conditions of production, preparation and handling formula
milk may there –fore pose a considerable risk to infants. A number of cases of
serious and sometimes fatal infection have been reported in formula fed preterm
and term infants. This work aimed to assess the effect
of nurses' knowledge and performance toward infection control measures that can
be used during milk formula preparation on neonates in neonatal intensive care
unit (NICU) in Minia University Hospital for obstetrics and pediatrics and in
El- Minia General Hospital. The study subjects included 32 of nurses who
working in neonatal intensive care units, 18 of them from El- Minia
University Hospital for Obstetrics and Pediatrics (MUHOP) and 14
from El- Minia General Hospitals and 50 of neonates(preterm and full
term)and receiving artificial feeding, who will be selected randomly.
During the period from 15thof September 2009 to15th of
January 2010. This study is divided to three tools used by the researcher: The
first tool was structured knowledge assessment questionnaire sheet, included
the following, Biosocial data about nurses and Nurses' knowledge related to
infection control, second tool A structured observational check-list,
In order to delineate and collect data related to nurses' performance as regard
the application of infection control measures during milk formula preparation
in neonatal intensive care unit. The third tool Assessment sheet for
the neonates: which included Personal and clinical data, Child food
consumption pattern, Results of laboratory investigation, Clinical
manifestation of neonatal infection. Obtained results revealed that,
it was observed that the total score of nurses’ knowledge and performance who
attended training courses about infection control were higher than nurses’ who
didn’t attend. There were a highly statistical significant difference in the +
ve CRP, leukocytosis and TLC. Also; found neonates who receiving oral route
have the lower score of signs of infection than those who receiving nasogastric
tube route (NGT). It's concluded that neonates in Minia
University Hospital for Obstetrics and Pediatrics (MUHOP) have less signs of
infection than those in El –Minia General Hospital, the preterm neonates had
more signs of infection than full term neonates, and the neonates receiving
nasogastric tube feeding had more signs of infection than those who received
bottle feeding.
[Shaimaa Shaban Mohamed, Basma Abd El–Moez Ali, Hekmat
E. Abd-El-karim and Eman S. Masoed.Nurses’ knowledge and performance
regarding infection control during milk formula preparation and its effect on
neonates at El-Minia city hospitals. J
Am Sci 2012;8(10):782-787]. (ISSN: 1545-1003).http://www.jofamericanscience.org. 105
Key words: knowledge, performance, infection control, milk formula, neonates.
