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Revista de Enfermagem Referência
versión impresa ISSN 0874-0283versión On-line ISSN 2182-2883
Resumen
PIRES, Vera Ângela Lopes; MARTINS, Matilde Delmina da Silva y CORREIA, Teresa Isaltina Gomes. Nurses’ clinical practice for the prevention of central venous catheter-related infections. Rev. Enf. Ref. [online]. 2021, vol.serV, n.7, e20163. Epub 08-Nov-2021. ISSN 0874-0283. https://doi.org/10.12707/rv20163.
Background:
This study analyzes an issue that has already been identified in daily nursing practice, having defined the theme “Nurses’ clinical practice for the prevention of central venous catheter (CVC)-related infections”.
Objectives:
To identify nurses’ clinical practice and level of knowledge about CVC maintenance.
Methodology:
Analytical and cross-sectional study, with a quantitative methodology. A data collection instrument was applied in December 2018, through the snowball sampling technique, to 272 randomly selected nurses.
Results:
The results indicated high levels of clinical practice (90.1%) and knowledge (85.7%) about CVC dressing change and CVC maintenance. A statistically significant association was also found between nurses’ clinical practices and level of knowledge.
Conclusion:
The study concluded that the nurses have a high level of knowledge about CVC maintenance guidelines for infection prevention and that they follow the majority of the guidelines of the bundles for prevention of CVC-related infections.
Palabras clave : central venous catheter; patient care bundles; nursing.
