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Purpose : This study aimed to explore hospital caregivers’ experiences of caring for patients with infections and their educational needs for infection control. Methods : This qualitative descriptive study utilized focus group interviews. Participants were 10 caregivers who had experience caring for patients with infections at a general hospital. The data were collected through four focus group interviews conducted from September 16 to 29, 2025, and analyzed using Elo and Kyngäs’s inductive content analysis method. Results : Seven categories and 30 subcategories emerged from the analysis: ‘diverse experiences of caring for patients with infections’, ‘psychological experiences related to caring for infected patients’, ‘patient characteristics and work environment causing caregiving difficult’, ‘absence of infection control support systems’, ‘educational content in need’, ‘preferred educational methods’, and ‘caregivers’ self-initiated coping and demands for improved working conditions’. Participants experienced fear and anxiety while caring for patients with tuberculosis, multidrug-resistant organisms, and scabies, yet they relied on verbal instructions from nurses or advice from fellow caregivers without systematic infection control education. Participants expressed needs for practice-oriented education including prior information on provision of infection, precautions by infection type, and donning/doffing of personal protective equipment. They preferred educational methods such as on-site information sheets, hands-on training, bedside small-group education, short modular videos, and repeated training. Conclusion : Despite performing tasks involving close contact with infected patients, caregivers were excluded from infection control education and support systems. Infection control education for caregivers should be designed considering learners’ characteristics, including age and educational background, as well as their 24-hour working environment, enabling immediate application in the field and behavioral internalization through repetition.

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Abstract
Ⅰ. 서론
Ⅱ. 연구방법
1. 연구설계
2. 연구참여자
3. 자료수집
4. 윤리적 고려
5. 자료분석
6. 연구의 엄격성 확보
Ⅲ. 연구결과
1. 다양한 감염 환자 돌봄 경험
2. 감염 환자 돌봄에 따른 심리적 경험
3. 돌봄을 어렵게 하는 환자 특성과 근무 환경
4. 감염관리 지원체계의 부재
5. 필요한 교육 내용
6. 선호하는 교육방식
7. 간병인의 자발적 대처와 처우 개선 요구
Ⅳ. 논의
Ⅴ. 결론 및 제언
Conflicts of Interest
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저자

• 김은경 [ Eunkyung Kim | 을지대학교 간호대학 조교수 ]
• 최은희 [ Eun-Hi Choi | 을지대학교 간호대학 부교수 ] Corresponding Author
• 김가혜 [ Gahye Kim | 을지대학교 간호대학 조교수 ]
• 이현진 [ Hyunjin Lee | 을지대학교 간호대학 부교수 ]
• 이영진 [ Young Jin Lee | 을지대학교 간호대학 조교수 ]
• 정애리 [ Aeri Jung | 을지대학교 간호대학 조교수 ]

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간행물

표지보기 관심저널 등록

• 간행물명

  직업건강연구 [Korean Journal of Occupational Health]

• 간기

  연3회

• pISSN

  2672-0272

• 수록기간

  2018~2025

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 512 DDC 610