Effectiveness of pocket reference booklet on knowledge regarding the prevention and management of central line-associated bloodstream infection: A preexperimental pretest–posttest study

Background: Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are the major causes of death in intensive care units (ICUs). Central venous catheter is mostly used in ICU for critically ill patients to provide long-time intravenous access, parenteral nutrition, medication, blood products, etc., However, it can cause bloodstream infections and sepsis that cause the death of the patient. Hence, the prevention and management of CLABSI is very necessary to control the mortality rate. Objective: The important objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the pocket reference booklet on knowledge regarding the prevention and management of CLABSI. Design: This study adopted a quantitative research approach with a preexperimental one-group pretest–posttest research design. Setting (s): ICUs of Mathura Das Mathur Hospital, Jodhpur. Participants: A nonprobability convenient sampling technique was used to select 80 ICU nurses. Subjects and Methods: Data were collected using a self-structured knowledge questionnaire. The questionnaire (30 multiple-choice questions) was given to the participant to complete the pretest. After this, the intervention (pocket reference booklet on prevention and management of CLABSI) was implemented to sample and posttest was taken. Results: The data showed that the mean difference between pretest and posttest knowledge scores was 5.75 ± 1.754 and the t-value was 29.32 (P < 0.001, highly significant) at 5% of the level of significance. Conclusion: After the data analysis of this study, the pocket reference booklet on prevention and management of CLABSI was found to be effective to increase the level of knowledge on prevention and management regarding CLABSI in ICU.