A Cross-Sectional Study to Assess Nurses’ Knowledge and Practices Regarding Central Venous Catheter (CVC)-Related Infection Prevention
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Background: Central venous catheters are widely used in hospitalized patients but require consistent evidence-based care to minimize catheter-related infections. Nurses have a central role in catheter maintenance, monitoring, and infection-prevention practices. Objective: To assess nurses’ knowledge and self-reported practices regarding prevention of central venous catheter-related infections at Jinnah Hospital, Lahore. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted over nine months among staff nurses from medical, surgical, and intensive care settings using purposive sampling. The calculated sample size was 147, while 148 nurses were represented in the data analyzed. An adopted structured questionnaire assessed demographic characteristics, 11 knowledge items, and 30 self-reported practice items. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 22 with frequencies and percentages; distributional normality was assessed using Kolmogorov–Smirnov and Shapiro–Wilk tests. Results: Poor knowledge was observed in 61 (41.2%) participants, moderate knowledge in 43 (29.1%), and good knowledge in 44 (29.7%). Low practice was identified in 53 (35.8%), moderate practice in 50 (33.8%), and high practice in 45 (30.4%). Knowledge and practice scores showed significant departures from normality on Shapiro–Wilk testing (p=0.008 and p=0.024, respectively). Conclusion: Important and variable gaps were identified in nurses’ knowledge and self-reported CVC infection-prevention practices, with poor knowledge and low practice representing the largest individual categories
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