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Nurses' Levels of Knowledge and Practice Regarding Preoperative Hair Removal and Prevention of Surgical Site Infection

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dc.authorscopusid60121874000
dc.authorscopusid26024611600
dc.contributor.authorAkcan, H.H.C.
dc.contributor.authorKaradaǧ Arli, S.K.
dc.date.accessioned2025-12-11T00:34:28Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentOndokuz Mayıs Üniversitesien_US
dc.department-temp[Akcan] Hatice Hilal Cangi, Department of Nursing, Ondokuz Mayis Üniversitesi, Samsun, Turkey; [Karadaǧ Arli] Şenay, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ondokuz Mayis Üniversitesi, Samsun, Turkeyen_US
dc.description.abstractObjective: To evaluate nurses' levels of knowledge and practice regarding preoperative hair removal and prevention of surgical site infection (SSI). Methods: The descriptive and cross-sectional research was conducted between February 2023 and May 2023 in a public hospital in northern Turkey with 123 nurses who agreed to participate in the study. Results: The results showed that 64.2% of the nurses thought that preoperative hair removal should be done by shaving with a razor, 74% thought that hair removal should be performed the night before the operation, and 70.7% thought that the patient/patient's relative should perform preoperative hair removal. Conclusions: This study found that nurses' levels of knowledge and practice regarding preoperative hair removal and prevention of SSI were not at the desired level. Following current resources and improving their levels of knowledge and practices are considered to be important for nurses. © 2025 Hatice Hilal Cangi Akcan et al., published by Sciendo.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.2478/fon-2025-0039
dc.identifier.endpage363en_US
dc.identifier.issn2544-8994
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105017618386
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4
dc.identifier.startpage355en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2025-0039
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12712/37608
dc.identifier.volume12en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSciendoen_US
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers of Nursingen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectHair Removalen_US
dc.subjectNurseen_US
dc.subjectPreoperativeen_US
dc.subjectSkin Preparationen_US
dc.subjectSurgical Site Infectionen_US
dc.titleNurses' Levels of Knowledge and Practice Regarding Preoperative Hair Removal and Prevention of Surgical Site Infectionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication

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