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Nurses' Perception of Accreditation, Awareness and Performance of Infection Control in an Accredited Healthcare System

Moon-Hee Hong1, Ju-Young Park2
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration 2016;22(2):167-177.
Published online: March 31, 2016

1Infection control team, Yeungnam University Medical Center, Korea.

2College of Nursing, Konyang University, Korea.

Corresponding author: Park, Ju-Young. College of Nursing, Konyang University, 158 Kwanjedong, Seo-gu, Daejeon 320-832, Korea. Tel: +82-42-600-6341, Fax: +82-42-600-6314, jypark@konyang.ac.kr
• Received: November 4, 2015   • Revised: January 9, 2016   • Accepted: March 3, 2016

Copyright © 2016 Korean Academy of Nursing Administration

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  • Purpose
    This study was conducted to provide basic data necessary to develop a program to improve infection control by examining nurses' perception of accreditation and by identifying its relationship with awareness and performance of infection control.
  • Methods
    This cross-sectional study was performed using questionnaires. Data were collected from 210 nurses who were working at one hospital between May 14 and May 19, 2015. Data were analyzed using SPAW.
  • Results
    The mean score for nurses' perception of accreditation was 3.10 points out of 5 points. Score for awareness of infection control was 4.63±0.39 points and for performance of infection control, 4.39±0.39 points. There were significant positive correlation among perception of accreditation, awareness of infection control, and performance of infection control. In the regression analysis, performance of infection control was influenced by awareness of infection control which accounted for 42.6% of the variance. It also showed additional improvement of 1.4% of the variance by when perception of accreditation was added.
  • Conclusion
    The result of this study show that nurses' perception of accreditation is relatively positive and that performance of infection control is highly enhanced according to nurses' positive recognition of accreditation as well as attaching importance to accreditation.
  • Key Words: Accreditation; Infection control awareness; Infection control performance

This article based on a part of the first author's master's thesis from Konyang University.

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Table 1

Perception of Accreditation, Awareness and Performance of Infection Control by General Characteristics (N=210)

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Table 2

Mean Scores for Perception of Accreditation (N=210)

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Table 3

Degree of Awareness and Performance of Infection Control (N=210)

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Table 4

Correlation among Perception of Accreditation, Awareness and Performance of the Infection Control (N=210)

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Table 5

Factors Influencing Performance of Infection Control (N=210)

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    Nurses' Perception of Accreditation, Awareness and Performance of Infection Control in an Accredited Healthcare System

    Perception of Accreditation, Awareness and Performance of Infection Control by General Characteristics (N=210)

    Mean Scores for Perception of Accreditation (N=210)

    Degree of Awareness and Performance of Infection Control (N=210)

    Correlation among Perception of Accreditation, Awareness and Performance of the Infection Control (N=210)

    Factors Influencing Performance of Infection Control (N=210)
    Table 1 Perception of Accreditation, Awareness and Performance of Infection Control by General Characteristics (N=210)

    Table 2 Mean Scores for Perception of Accreditation (N=210)

    Table 3 Degree of Awareness and Performance of Infection Control (N=210)

    Table 4 Correlation among Perception of Accreditation, Awareness and Performance of the Infection Control (N=210)

    Table 5 Factors Influencing Performance of Infection Control (N=210)

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