Knowledge in nursing students about terminal disinfection of the surgical area.

Objective: Determine the level of knowledge of nursing students at the Technical University of Ambato about terminal disinfection of the surgical area. Methodology: This research is quantitative, with a descriptive cross-sectional cohort approach and the level of knowledge has been represented throu...

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Autores principales: Saltos Toaza, Samantha Daniela, Herrera Lopez, José Luis
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Sanatorio Allende. Departamento de enfermería 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/notasenf/article/view/45417
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Sumario:Objective: Determine the level of knowledge of nursing students at the Technical University of Ambato about terminal disinfection of the surgical area. Methodology: This research is quantitative, with a descriptive cross-sectional cohort approach and the level of knowledge has been represented through tables and graphs to describe the problems of the period October 2023-February 2024. Results: A high percentage of incorrect answers for each item by the students is evident. The disinfection category was answered incorrectly with a percentage of 26%, the disinfection process category with 55.6%, the DAN application category with 45.8%, the disinfectant category with 36.2% and, finally, the DAN risk and prevention category. with 29.2%. Conclusions: The level of knowledge of students about disinfection is low, because they are not sufficiently motivated or interested in the topic of disinfection.