2024, Vol. 6, Issue 2, Part A

Central lines are being used increasingly in the inpatient and outpatient setting to provide long-term venous access. Central lines disrupt the integrity of the skin, making infection with bacteria and/or fungi possible.

Objective: To assess the evaluate the effectiveness of intervention program on knowledge regarding Central line associated blood stream infections (CLABSI) bundle care among staff nurses at selected hospitals of Kalaburagi.

Methodology: An evaluative approach with one group pretest posttest design was adopted for the study. The samples from the selected hospitals were selected using convenient sampling technique. The tools used for data collection was structured knowledge questionnaire and intervention program was prepared for intervention.

Research: The pretest knowledge scores respondents mean was 13.04, median was 12.50, mode was 12 with standard deviation 4.63 and score range was 5-21. The posttest knowledge scores respondents mean was 18.24, median was 18.50, mode was 22 with standard deviation 3.68 and score range was 11-24. With regard to pretest level of knowledge it shows that, maximum 31(62%) respondents were having average knowledge, 10(20%) respondents were having poor knowledge and remaining 9(18%) of respondents were having good knowledge. During post-test equal number 25(50%) of respondents were having good knowledge and average knowledge. The statistical paired ‘t’ implies that the difference in the pretest and post-test value was found statistically significant at 5% level (p<0.05) with a paired ‘t’ value of 9.25. There exists a statistical significance in the difference of knowledge score indicating the positive impact of intervention program.

Conclusion: Interventional program was effective to enhance the knowledge of participants. Since a very few studies have been conducted regarding this topic in India, so the nurse researcher can take further studies on the same topic.