Nurses' Performance Regarding Infection Control Measures during Children Immunization

Abstract

Healthcare –associated infections not only inflect suffering and death, but also the economic burden to health costs, large number of the source of acquired infection it occur in community setting and acting in maternal and child health http://www.cdc.gov/Acquired infection/ intr.htm (2007). In Egypt, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) responsible for nosocomial infection and appears to be endemic in health care facilities, Data from nine participate hospitals in the antibiotic resistance surveillance and control in Mediterranean region showed that 33% of staphylococcus aureus blood culture isolated were methicillin-resistant, increasing to 50% in 2004 and 63% in 2005, In Egypt at 2006-2007 in three university hospital showed that 60% of staphylococcus aureus blood stream infections were caused by methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (Shible et al., 2012). Inappropriate handling of sharps is a major cause of accidental exposure to blood borne infection in health setting. Data from a recent study conducted in 98 health care facilities in Egypt showed that approximately 36% of percutaneous injuries occur due to two hand recapping behavior associated with needle stick injuries (Maho