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Nurses' knowledge and use of personal protective equipment in barrier access to infectious patients
Bubíková, Kateřina ; Jirkovský, Daniel (advisor) ; Trojánek, Milan (referee)
1 Abstract The bachelor thesis entitled "Nurses' Knowledge and Use of Personal Protective Equipment in Barrier Approach to Infectious Patients" deals with the prevention of infection transmission in the hospital environment, emphasizes the importance of using personal protective equipment, and addresses the knowledge and habits of nurses providing nursing care to infectious patients in the hospital. Objective: The aim of the thesis was to determine and evaluate the level of nurses' knowledge in the field of prevention and use of personal protective equipment when working with infectious patients. Within this bachelor thesis, another goal was set to gather information on whether respondents with higher education demonstrate more detailed knowledge in the field of infectious control than respondents with secondary education. The sample of respondents was also compared by age and length of practice, where the correlation between these categories and the depth of knowledge was examined. Sample and methods: The survey was conducted through a questionnaire, the comprehensibility of which was previously verified by a pilot study. Data collection took place at two university hospitals in Prague, at FN Motol and FN Bulovka. The research sample consisted of 163 respondents, 115 respondents from FN Motol and 48 from...

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