Conocimiento sobre infecciones asociadas a la atención en salud en estudiantes de enfermería

Abstract

Introduction: Health Care Associated Infections (HAI), are those diseases resulting from the presence of a microbial infectious agent, which were not identified, nor in incubation period at the time of an assessment in any health facility, hospital admission and stay or after a procedure. Knowledge about HCAI prevention in the health population, including students in training, has been one of the main strategies, promoted by the WHO, to reduce the incidence rates of these diseases. Objective: to assess the knowledge about HCAI in fifth, sixth and seventh level nursing students of the Technical University of Ambato. Material and methods: Observational, descriptive, cross-sectional cohort study, with random probabilistic sampling, using the Instrument of Knowledge about Infection Associated to Health Care. Results: 76.55% of the population obtained a high level of correct answers. Conclusions: The population of the high semesters of the nursing career has an appropriate knowledge about health care associated infections, however, there is a discreet lack of general biosafety preventions.