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Infection Control Dogma Among Nurses in Iran

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Harrison G. Weed  and
Mehrdad Askarian
Harrison G. Weed*
Affiliation:
Division of General Internal Medicine, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus
Mehrdad Askarian
Affiliation:
Department of Community Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
*
Division of General Internal Medicine, 4510 UHC, Cramblett Hall, 456 W. 10th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210 ([email protected])
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Abstract

Using 33 dogmatic statements about infection control, we assessed the knowledge of infection control nurses at a conference in Iran and compared their responses with those of infection control nurses at a conference in the United States. A majority of those at the Iran conference responded correctly to 11 (33%) of 33 statements, whereas a majority at the US conference responded correctly to 20 (61%) of the statements. The differences in responses were significant (P < .001). Nurses at the Iran conference were more likely to agree with dogma not supported by the literature and to put more faith in general cleanliness to prevent infection than is supported by the literature. A similar questionnaire survey might be useful in countries like Iran that are developing their infection control personnel and infrastructure.

Type
Concise Communication
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , February 2007 , pp. 238 - 240
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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