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Kripali Vaishnav
Muneera Makrani
Dr. Vijay Sigh Rawat
This study aimed to assess the level of practice among staff nurses on infection control standards in labour unit at selected hospitals in Udaipur. The research approach employed in the present study is Evaluative approach. The research design used for the presents study is Pre - experimental one group pre-test- post-test design. The population of the study comprises of staff nurses working in labour unit in selected hospitals. The sample size comprises of 60 samples. The sampling technique used for present study was non probabilité purposive sampling technique. The study reveals that the mean post test practice score 37.18(82.62%) is greater than the mean pre test practice score 25.18(55.96%). The enhancement in level of practice of nurses is 12 (26.66%) supporting the post test practice score are higher than the pre test practice score. The data further represent that the ‘t’ value of 15.79 is significantly higher than the table value 1.96 at 0.05 level of significance. This indicates that there was difference in pre test and post test practice score and further the data supports that the teaching programme regarding Infection Control Standards in labour unit is effective in improving the level of practice. The study concluded that the present study assessed the effectiveness of Infection Contr ol Standards on practice among staff nurses working in labour unit. The study findings concluded that there was a significant difference in the level of practice on infection control in labour unit among staff nurses after the administration of Infection Control Standards.
Keywords: Infection control standards, Staff Nurse, Labour