Nurses' compliance with isolation precautions and the affecting factors.

PURPOSE: This study aims at identifying nurses' compliance with isolation precautions and the affecting factors.

METHODS: The present study is descriptive and relational in nature. Data were collected through Descriptive Features Form and The Isolation Precautions Compliance Scale (TIPCS), which was developed in Turkey in 2010.

RESULTS: Isolation Precautions Compliance Scale mean score of the 130 nurses participating in the study was found 76.55±8.48. Statistically significant differences were found between the groups in terms of nurses' gender, working unit, duration of working, type of isolation applied, and problems experienced in isolation practices (p<0.05, p<0.01). There was a positive and significant relationship between the Isolation Precautions Compliance Scale scores and age, education level, and duration of working.

CONCLUSION: The nurses participating in the study were found to have generally good compliance with isolation precautions; and the scale mean scores of the nurses working in intensive care units were higher than the nurses working in clinics.