Infection Control Measures for Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy

December 6, 2025 updated by: Kamilia Farouk Abdel Fattah Osman, Assiut University

Effect of Teaching Protocol on Nurse's Knowledge and Practice Regarding Infection Control Measures for Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy

To evaluate the effect of implementing teaching protocol on nurse's knowledge and practice regarding infection control measures for patients undergoing Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is a surgery to remove kidney stones that are too large to pass on their own. Percutaneous" means that the procedure occurs through the skin. "Nephrolithotomy" means the removal of a calculus (kidney stone) from a kidney . Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy is typically recommended when kidney stones are larger than 0.8 inch (2 centimeters) in diameter. . Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL) has altered dramatically the management of urolithiasis. In fact, these treatment modalities have nearly 99% success rates for treatment of upper urinary tract stones. . There were several complications related to Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy such as fever (23%) and bleeding necessitating transfusion (12%). Extravasation was seen in 7% of patients and transient ureteral obstruction in 6%. The complications limit surgical outcome of PCNL. Infection remains the most common complication arising from this procedure and some patients develop septicemia and septic shock, resulting in increased mortality and morbidity. So, the success of the Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy depends on the maintenance of infection control precautions. This is why investigator looked at this study. Knowledge of the nurse of percutaneous nephrolithotomy care was of crucial importance and had an impact on nurse's practice. The main goal of care was to prevent infection undergoing the percutaneous nephrolithotomy The nurses' role preventing infection for patient undergoing (PCNL) and mainly maintain the sterile field and after operation safety removing (PPE), washing instruments used during operation all of that resulting in positive surgical outcomes Infection control is an important concern for health care professionals specially nurses. Nurses have higher risk for both self-acquiring and transmitting infections to other patients infection control practices form the backbone of nurse's. Nurses has the distinctive opportunity to reduce hospital - acquired infections by utilizing the skills and knowledge about infection control measures, they can facilitate patient recovery while minimizing complications related to infections. Compliance with infection control and sterile technique principles will be prevent nosocomial infections in the operating room, and the patient's hospital stay being shorter and a reduced cost for the medical aids and hospitals . the investigators searched for this topic in many sites such as PubMed Central, Research Gate, and Science.gov.The current topic was not covered in the previous studies. Previous studies did not include specific point about this topic but include general point about PCNL and this strong rational for this study. This study will be carried out to evaluate the knowledge and practice about standard precautions and infection control measures and to explore education needs of nurses.

Generally, programs of healthcare education vary greatly in their contents and approaches .Various forms of visual aids are currently used in healthcare education including illustrations such as photographs and animations such as computer -generated clips and video clips.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

30

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Egypt
      • Asyut, Egypt, 088
        • Faculty of Nursing

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1- Nursing Staff providing nursing care services for patient undergoing PNL (pre-intra-post) operative care.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Head nurses
  2. Nurses refused to participate in the study

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: effect of infection control on patient outcomes undergoing PCNL
Effect of Teaching Protocol on Nurse's Knowledge and Practice regarding Infection Control Measures for Patients undergoing Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
Behavioral: Infection control
To evaluate the effect of implementing teaching protocol on nurse's knowledge and practice regarding infection control measures for patients undergoing Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
teach nurses new measures to reduce infection in patient undergoing PCNL by applying infection control measure
Time Frame: one year
use infection control technique to reduce infection in patient undergoing PCNL
one year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
reduce the patients hospital stay postoperative
Time Frame: one year
reduce patient length of hospital stay
one year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Assiut University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

September 1, 2023

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2024

Study Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 17, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 26, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

May 31, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

December 15, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 6, 2025

Last Verified

March 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Infection Control Measures

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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