General knowledge of intensive resuscitation nurses on hospital-acquired infection in 7A Military Hospital

Aim: The study aimed to make a general description of knowledge about the hospital-acquired infection of intensive resuscitation nurses units in 7A Military Hospital, Hochiminh City, VietNam, in 2019. Materials and Methods: The study employed a descriptive, cross-sectional approach with quantity investigation and purposed sampling on 93 personnel in three intensive resuscitation units in 7A Military Hospital. The data were collected via direct interviews with the questionnaire. Results: Only 61.29% of the investigated personnel had a proper general knowledge of hospital-acquired infection. Knowledge of specific aspects of hospital-acquired infection was only on an average level as follows: 59.14% for sterilization, 51.61% for standard prevention, 49.46% for blood infection prevention, 44.09% for surgical wound infection prevention, 46.24% for hospital-acquired pneumonia prevention, and 69.89% for safe injection. Discussion: General knowledge about hospital-acquired infection was limited in intensive resuscitation nurses due to lack of self-education and training. Education level, personal experiences, and attitudes were other factors. Flaws in the design of the questionnaire might hamper the collected data quality but the study still provided usable insight of the issues and facilitates further researches and developments. Conclusion: General knowledge about hospital-acquired infection is limited in intensive resuscitation nurses; hence the improvement of education and training for career requirements is needed. Furthermore, supervisions and feedbacks from hospital units are essential to prevent hospital-acquired infection.