20Dec 2016

A SURVEY ON THE AWARENESS OF PATIENTS, VISITORS AND COMPANIONS ABOUT ISOLATION PRECAUTIONS.

  • Assistant professor and clinical epidemiology consultant. Department of Nursing, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
  • Medical intern,Kingabdulaziz University, Jeddah ,Saudi Arabia.
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Background:-Successful infection control requires a multidisciplinary team, which includes patients, healthcare workers and patients’ visitors. Transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms are always applied by health care staff and not by patient's visitors , in spite of their important role in infection transmission. The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge of patients’ families/ visitors about a patient’s isolation status. Method:-This cross-sectional study was done during November 2015 in King Abdul Aziz University Hospital. By distributing a questionnaire consist of 4 parts. Result:-Fifty two responses were collected during November 2015,of which 58% companions and 42% visitors .From 52 participants only 24 (46.2%) knew about isolation , in non-isolation units 71.8% of visitors did not know if her/his patient was isolated and the other 28.2% reported knowing about isolation from either a doctor or a nurse, while all the 13 (100%) visitors to isolation units know about it with significant difference (p<0.0001). Conclusion:-This study focused on the importance of communication with patients’ visitors. The level of education of visitors and companions plays an important role in their awareness of their right to know about patients’ safety. The authors recommend that all visitors regardless of their patient's unit should be educated in simple language about the need for isolation.


[Nabeela AL-Abdullah, Bashayr GS Alamri, Abeer MR Daghistani, Elaf SM Altwairqi, Marwah H M Hakami, Abaad A AL Mutairi, Ghadi D Mashat, Wajd A Alotaibi, Amal AZahrani, Raneen M Abousaadah, Hadeel M Khoj, Elaf AA lrehaili, Rehab AAlshamrani, Ebtisam MF Alhawsawi, Hawazin A Fallatah and Nedaa FA Alyami. (2016); A SURVEY ON THE AWARENESS OF PATIENTS, VISITORS AND COMPANIONS ABOUT ISOLATION PRECAUTIONS. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (Dec). 1121-1126] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Bashayr Alamri


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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/2500      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/2500