Santrauka:
Literatūriškai aprašoma meticilinui rezistentiško Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) sukelta infekcija ir teisės aktai reglamentuojantys slaugytojo veiklą slaugant pacientus sergančius meticilinui rezistentiško Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) sukelta infekcija. Tyrimo metu vertinama slaugytojų veikla slaugant pacientus sergančius MRSA sukelta infekcija. Atskleidžiama, kokia yra slaugytojų veikla prieš atliekant procedūras, po procedūrų atlikimo, kokios apsauginės priemonės yra naudojamos, kokios vietos, įranga yra valomos ar valomos ir dezinfekuojamos slaugant pacientus sergančius MRSA sukelta infekcija.
Description:
The aim of the research: to evaluate nursing activities in an intensive care unit in nursing patients with the Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection.
The objectives: to define the Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection; to describe the legal acts regulating nursing activities in nursing patients with the Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection; to determine the characteristics of a nurse's knowledge and activities in nursing patients with the Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection.
The object of the research: nursing activities in an intensive care unit in nursing patients with the Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection.
The subject of the research: the nursing staff of the intensive care unit in the X hospital.
The methods applied: analysis of scientific literature, anonymous questionnaire survey, observation, descriptive data analysis.
The results and conclusions of the research: the research has shown that three fifths (61.9%) of the respondents consider their knowledge about the MRSA infection as sufficient; however, none of them has noted that the MRSA is also Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Four-fifths (78.6%) of the respondents have responded that a patient with the MRSA infection is not isolated; this has also been identified during the observation. The observation has revealed that nurses do not always carry out hand hygiene or its duration is not according to the set time. The antiseptics hand hygiene is more commonly used, and its duration does not match the set time either. During the observation, it has been noticed that nurses never wear protective footwear; however, the anonymous survey has shown that one-tenth (11.9%) of the respondents use protective footwear occasionally. The anonymous survey has revealed that all respondents dispose of used protective equipment into the repository for infected waste, while one-tenth (7.1%) of respondents dispose of it into the household waste container. The anonymous survey has revealed that four-fifths (83.3%) of the respondents wash the used medical instruments with water after soaking, dry them, and prepare for sterilisation; the observation has shown that none of the nurses has prepared instruments for sterilisation. Keywords: nursing staff, nursing activities, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, resuscitation, intensive care unit.