Central venous catheter insertion is not a benign procedure, it is a potentially harmful one, if it is notperformed correctly, and it might result in life threatening complications. It causes substantialmorbidity, mortality and incurs high costs; they are preventable through the adherence to strictguidelines by health care workers when caring for patients.A cross-sectional descriptive design was utilized in conducting the study, in a military hospital. Thehospital provides inpatient and outpatient services to military personnel and their families, as well as tocivilian people. Subject: A purposive sample was composed of 50 nurses who worked at the adult IntensiveCare Unit in a military Hospital. The tool data were collected using a self-administered questionnaireto assess knowledge of ICU nurses related to the maintenance, care, and prevention of centralvenous catheter-related infection and an observation checklist to assess their practices.The results showed that 70 % of nurses had an average level of total knowledge, 52% had an incompetentlevel of practice to maintenance, care and prevention of central venous catheter-related infections.There were significant differences between nurses' characteristics and their knowledge, practices.here was a positive correlation between the nurses' knowledge, practices related to the Maintenance,Care, and Prevention of Central Venous Catheter-Related Infection.
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