Compliance and challenges of Transmission Based Precaution Practices
among Nurses in Jordanian Hospitals during the Novel SARS-CoV-2: A
descriptive Study
Abstract
Background: Standard precautions (SPs) practices are of crucial
management skills among Health Care Workers (HCWs) including nurses
against the highly infectious novel virus SARS-CoV-2. Aim of the study:
The study aimed to assess level of nurse’s compliance with SPs, and
identify the main challenges that experienced by nurses during their
work with infected SARS-CoV-2 patient’s. Methods: A cross-sectional
survey design was used. The study was conducted in different sectors
that represent the health care sector in Jordan. 386 nurses recruited
from the different sectors. Results: Data were collected from 386
participants. 66.8% of the participants were female. Most of them
revealed that they were dealt previously SARS-CoV-2 patients (73.6%).
Generally, nurses demonstrated good level of compliance with SPs
practices (71%). The staff reported that they mostly adhere with
performing hand hygiene after all procedures (65.8%). On the other
hand, they were least adherence with maintaining a physical distance of
patient and staff of at least 6ft apart (28.5%). conclusion: It was
concluded that nurses have a good level of SPs practices. Many
challenges were experienced by nurses while caring of SARS-CoV-2
patients.