FACTORS RELATED THE READINESS FOR USING UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS OF NURSES FOR AIDS PREVENTION AT COMMUNITY HOSPITALS, NAKHON PATHOM PROVINCE, 1998

Abstract

The objective of this research was aimed to study the readiness of nurses on the utilization of Universal Precautions for AIDS prevention at community hospitals, Nakhon Pathom province. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 255 nurses , who responded the questionnaires, from 8 community hospitals to study the readiness, factors effecting and predicting the readiness of nurses on the utilization of Universal Precautions for AIDS prevention.
The results showed that 96.7 percent of nurses were females, average age 30.9 year, 76.0 percent were strict Universal Precautions, 48.4 percent were middle level of knowledge about AIDS, 63.0 percent were middle level perception about AIDS, 72.8 percent were middle level in attitude to use Universal Precautions, different age and education level were knowledge about AIDS significance at 0.023 and 0.033, different protective barriers were perception about AIDS significance at 0.011, different education level recive accident working and exame for health were attitude significance at 0.002, 0.021 and 0.045 respectively, factors perception about AIDS have relationship to use Universal Precautions significance at 0.021.
It is recommended that the quality of Universal Precuations in AIDS prevention among nurses at community hospital, must be strengthened by training, supervising and providing the appropriate eye glasses and boots to health care personal.