Level of awareness of staff nurses about infection prevention and control committee

policies and guidelines in a district hospital in Laguna.

Age: ____ Gender: Male/ Female
Area of Assignment:
Year of experience: 1-2 years, 3-5 years, 6 years and above

Please answer all questions. (Knowledge components)

1. Do you know about infection control?
YES NO
2. Mention the source of information about infection control
Infection Control Nurse / Doctors / Nurses / Posters
3. Do you think it is important to prevent cross-infection in health care settings?
YES NO
4. What are the standard precautions of infection control in protecting patients,
health workers and visitors? [You may tick (/) more than 1]
o hand washing and antisepsis (hand hygiene)
o use of personal protective equipment when handling blood, body
organs, specimens, body fluids, excretions and secretions;
o appropriate handling of patient care equipment and soiled linen
o prevention of needle-stick /sharp injuries
o environmental cleaning and spills-management
o appropriate handling of health care wastes / sharps
5. Infection control standard precautions must be applied to all patients at all times,
regardless of diagnosis or infectious status.
YES / NO
6. Appropriate hand washing can minimize cross infection with micro-organisms
YES / NO
7. Using tap water only is enough for hand washing.
YES / NO
8. Using plain soap, anti-microbial agents such as an alcoholic hand-rub or waterless
antiseptic agent is essential in hand hygiene.
YES / NO
9. Using personal protective equipment does not provide physical barrier between
micro-organisms and the wearer.
YES / NO

10. The usage of protective equipment will protect ______ from getting cross-
infections.
o Patients / Health workers
o Visitors
o All of above
o Patients and health workers only
11. Personal protective equipment reduces but does not completely eliminate the risk
of acquiring infection.
YES / NO

12. Sharps must be appropriately disinfected and/or destroyed as per the national
standards or guidelines.
 YES / NO

Please answer all questions and tick (√ ) for each question. (Attitude components)
No. Questions Always Sometimes Never
1. I need to use hand wash / hand-
sanitizer before wearing gloves.
2. I need to use hand wash / hand-
sanitizer immediately after removing
gloves.
3. I need to put used needles on the bed,
beside the patient before disposing it
into sharp-bins.
4. I need to change gloves between
contacts with different patients
5. I need to avoid contaminated (used)
PPE (personal protective equipment)
from contact with surfaces, clothing or
people outside the patient care area.
6. I need to wear protective eyewear /
goggles when conducting procedures
that are likely to generate splashes of
blood, body fluids, secretions or
excretions.
7. I need to wear masks when conducting
procedures that are likely to generate
splashes of blood, body fluids,
secretions or excretions.
8. I need to share PPE with other
colleagues.

Please answer all questions. (Practice components)

1. Do you practice hand washing using anti-septic / alcohol based hand wash before and
after examining the patient?
YES / NO
2. Do you hand wash after handling any blood, body fluids, secretions, excretions, or
contaminated items?
YES / NO
3. Do you hand wash immediately after removing gloves?
YES / NO
4. Do you wear gloves while touching blood, body fluids, secretions, excretions, or
mucous membranes?
YES / NO
5. Do you change gloves between tasks / procedures on the same patient to prevent
cross- contamination between different body sites?
YES / NO
 6. Do you wear masks to protect mucous membranes of the mouth and nose when
undertaking procedures that are likely to generate splashes of blood, body fluids,
secretions or excretions?
YES / NO
7. Do you wear goggles/eyewear to protect mucous membranes of the eyes when
undertaking procedures that are likely to generate splashes of blood, body fluids,
secretions or excretions?
YES / NO
8. Do you wear clean gown / apron to prevent soiling of clothes during procedures that
are likely to generate splashes of blood, body fluids, secretions or excretions?
YES / NO

9. Do you remove soiled or wet gown as soon as possible after handling a procedure?
YES / NO
10. Do you wear caps and boot / shoe covers where there is a likelihood that the patient’s
blood, body fluids, secretions or excretions may splash, spill or leak onto the hair or
shoes?
YES / NO
11. Do you re-cap / bend used needles?
YES / NO
12. Do you dispose the used syringe and needles in the sharp-bins?
YES / NO

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