Abstract

EVALUATION OF NATIONAL INFECTION CONTROL PROGRAM AT HOSPITALS IN AL-MUTHANNA GOVERNORATE

Salam Mohammed Chichan*, Assist. Prof. Ishraq Ahmed Chiad, Dr. Abdulkhaleq A.
Al–Naqeeb

Abstract

Aims: Generally aimed for this research is to monitoring quality view of the national program for infection control throughout improving the actual processes by ranking and estimating the distances measurements among different locations (Departments) in the studied hospitals at AL-Muthanna Governorate, as well as to identification and to evaluating the conventional tasks for application the national infection prevention and control program in studied hospitals. Methodology: Only twenty departments in the four hospitals were chosen to the study setting. Data collection carried out using ready-made infection prevention and control observation checklist. The selection of department among studied facilities in the pilot study was done with a clear intention to include ten units and departments that are afford mostly infected from AL-Hussein teaching hospital using the convenient sampling technique. Reliability coefficient of (Inter Examiners) reported high degree checking interview are obtained in light of expert. Census technique were used to choice studying hospitals in AL-Muthanna Governorate. Results: Results shows 8(40%) among 20 main domains (Departments) in the studied hospitals had a passed a cutoff point evaluation, and illustrated that "Evaluation infection prevention measures within the operating room (department)" recorded the best degree and accounted (WMS = 2.38), and the lowest passed with "Evaluation work of the infection control committee in the hospital", while leftover departments 12(60%) had low evaluated under or equal a cutoff point, and illustrated that "Policy of hand hygiene" recorded the first degree and accounted (WMS = 2.00), and the lowest failure with the "Kidney dialysis unit, intensive care unit, and burn unit", and accounted (WMS = 1.00) for each. Conclusions: Generally, global weight mean of score illustrated that studied hospitals worked out off controlled due to the ready-made infection control observation checklist, as well as a monitoring quality view adding for the National Infection Control Program controlled and improving the ranks and distances measurements among different of studied locations (Departments).

Keywords: Infection prevention and control observation checklist, monitoring quality view checklist.