Nurses Practice Response regarding Surgical Site Infection Prevention Guidelines | Never | Sometimes | Always | |||
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
1) I wash my hands before and after changing wound dressing touching the surgical site | 138 | 34.5 | 239 | 59.8 | 23 | 5.8 |
2) I wash my hand before wearing the surgical glove | 277 | 69.3 | 83 | 20.8 | 40 | 10.0 |
3) I perform pre-operative shaving right before surgery | 272 | 68.0 | 84 | 21.0 | 44 | 11.0 |
4) I administer pre-operative prophylactic antibiotic within one hour before surgery | 290 | 72.5 | 78 | 19.5 | 32 | 8.0 |
5) I advise my patient to take preoperative showering bathing with anti-microbial agent | 265 | 66.3 | 111 | 27.8 | 24 | 6.0 |
6) I use sterilized dressing material for cleaning surgical wound dressing | 255 | 63.8 | 109 | 27.3 | 36 | 9.0 |
7) I use an aseptic technique during surgical wound dressing | 291 | 72.8 | 76 | 19.0 | 33 | 8.3 |
8) I Asses and monitor surgical site condition | 251 | 62.8 | 110 | 27.5 | 39 | 9.8 |
9) I separate infected dressing from non-infected dressing | 223 | 55.8 | 115 | 28.8 | 62 | 15.5 |
10) I use face mask during cleaning surgical wound dressing | 233 | 58.3 | 118 | 29.5 | 49 | 12.3 |