Effectiveness of an interventional program on nursing staff's practices about aseptic technique in operation room
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program, nursing staff, aseptic technique, operation roomAbstract
The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an interventional program on nursesꞌ practices about aseptic technique in operation room. A quasi experimental design was carried out at Al-Diwaniya Teaching Hospital for the period from 15thoctober, 2021 to 28thapril, 2022. Purposive sample comprised of (60) nurses who have been actually working in the operation room. Those nurses are divided into two groups, study and control groups, the study group consisted of (30) nurses exposed to an interventional program and the control group consisted of (30) nurses who were not exposed to the program. The measurement of effectiveness of an interventional program through the use of practice checklist includes (20) items concerning aseptic technique in operation room. The instrument validity was determined through a panel of experts. Reliability of instrument was determined through the use of test and retest.
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