Oncology nurses’ knowledge of guidelines for preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections

Mohammad Al Qadire

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2017.03.034

Oncology nurses’ knowledge of guidelines for preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections

Mohammad Al Qadire^*

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Abstract

This descriptive cross-sectional survey evaluated Jordanian oncology nurses’ knowledge of the guidelines for preventing central venous catheter–associated infection. Poor knowledge was evident from the very low mean total scores and the low percentage of correct answers for each item in the questionnaire.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e95-e97
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	45
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2017.03.034
Publication status	Published - Sept 1 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Central venous catheters
Jordan
Knowledge
Nurses
Oncology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Epidemiology
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

UN SDGs

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Oncology nurses’ knowledge of guidelines for preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections

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