Objective To investigate the current status of nurses'knowledge,attitude and practice about central line-associated bloodstream infection(CLABSI)in children's hospitals,and to analyze influencing factors to provide ref-erence for reducing the incidence of CLABSI.Methods The convenience sampling method was used to select 1 112 nurses from 3 Grade-III-A children's specialist hospitals for questionnaire survey.The Kruskal-Wallis H test was used for single factor analysis and multiple linear regression was used for multiple factor analysis.Results The total score rate of nurses on CLABSI prevention was 88.27%,and the score rate of knowledge,attitude and practice dimen-sions were 82.71%,95.20%and 90.05%,respectively.The highest educational level,having standard operation proce-dure for the prevention of CLABSI,and receiving education and training on central venous catheter placement and main-tenance practices were the influencing factors of the knowledge dimension(all P<0.05);hospital category,how much importance you think your hospital attaches to CLABSI prevention,and whether or not you have received education and training on CLABSI prevention were the influencing factors of the attitudinal and practice dimensions(all P<0.05).Conclusion Nurses in children's hospitals had more positive attitudes and good practice toward CLABSI prevention,but their knowledge was poor.Hospitals should formulate CLABSI prevention and control strategies based on the actual situ-ation,establish standard operating procedures,strengthen the training of nurses with low education.
Central Venous CatheterCentral Line-Associated Bloodstream InfectionChildren's HospitalNursesKnowledgeAttitudePractice