간호사의 근무부서와 경력에 따른 항암제 안전수칙에 대한 지식과 이행 = Level of Knowledge and Compliance on Guidelines for Safe Handling of Cytotoxic Drugs by Career and Work Units in Clinical Nurses

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Purpose: To investigate the level of knowledge and compliance on guidelines for safe handling of cytotoxic drugs by career and work units in clinical nurses. Method: 255 nurses working at two university hospitals, located at Seoul, Korea were asked to fill out questionnaires. Tools of this study were developed by investigators based on the guidelines issued by OSHA and Oncology Nursing Society in America. Result: Nurses working at oncology wards showed higher level of knowledge and compliance compared with nurses working at non-oncology wards. The differences between two groups were statistically significant. Also, the level of knowledge and compliance was increased with career. The differences in the level of knowledge were statistically significant with career, but the differences in the level of compliance were not statistically significant. Conclusion: We suggest that education program be provided to novice nurses intensively and be reinforced to the nurses with over 10 years experiences. Nowadays cancer patients be found at any ward regardless of disease types. Thus, the nurses who should handle the cytotoxic drugs should be educated the guideline for safe handling of cytotoxic drugs.