Research Article AssessingtheValidityandReliabilityoftheRussianVersionofthe Leading a Culture of Quality in Infection Prevention Scale among Nurses in Kazakhstan Jonas Preposi Cruz , 1 Paolo Colet , 1 Joseph Almazan, 1 Anargul Kuntuganova , 2 Alma Syzdykova, 3 and Gaukhar Agazhayeva 4 1 Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Nazarbayev University, Kerey and Zhanibek Khans St 5/1, Astana City 010000, Kazakhstan 2 Department of Biomedical Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Kerey and Zhanibek Khans St 5/1, Astana City 010000, Kazakhstan 3 Education Department, Corporate Fund University Medical Center, Astana City, Kazakhstan 4 Department of Epidemiologic Control, Corporate Fund University Medical Center, Astana City, Kazakhstan Correspondence should be addressed to Paolo Colet; paolo.colet@nu.edu.kz Received 17 May 2023; Revised 20 August 2023; Accepted 25 August 2023; Published 7 September 2023 Academic Editor: Majed Alamri Copyright©2023JonasPreposiCruzetal.TisisanopenaccessarticledistributedundertheCreativeCommonsAttribution License,whichpermitsunrestricteduse,distribution,andreproductioninanymedium,providedtheoriginalworkisproperly cited. Background. Worldwide, hospitals are required to prioritize the culture of quality in infection prevention (CQIP) for patient safety. AssessingCQIPiscrucial,butthereislimitedresearch,especiallyregardingnurses’perceptions.Insufcientinformationexistsdueto scarcity of validated instruments in local languages to measure CQIP internationally. Purpose. Tis study assessed the “Leading a Culture of Quality in Infection Prevention Scale” Russian version’s (LCQ-IPS-R) validity and reliability to assess the CQIP of hospitalsinKazakhstanbasedonnurses’perceptions. Methods.Tisstudyutilizedamethodologicaldesignandanalyzeddatafrom 204nursesatthe“NationalResearchCenterforMaternalandChildHealth”inAstanaCity,Kazakhstan.Te“culturalandlinguistic adaptation” process involved a “forward-backward translation” technique. Content validity and construct validity were examined. Internalconsistencyreliabilitywasexploredforscalereliability. Results.Tescale’smeanitemrangewasfrom3.56(SD � 1.22)to4.40 (SD � 0.85;SD � 0.92).Tecorrecteditem-totalcorrelationrangedfrom0.321to0.707.SixexpertsratedtheI-CVIfrom0.83to1.00, withanS-CVI/Aveof0.90.TeprincipalcomponentanalysiswithVarimaxrotationproducedfourdistinctcomponentsoftheLCQ- IPS-R,explaining69.8%ofthetotalvariance.TetestsofcorrelationbetweentheLCQ-IPS-R’sfourcomponentsrevealedmediumto largepositiveassociationsamongthecomponents(r � 0.25–0.55, p < 0.001).Tecomputed α fortheLCQ-IPS-Rwas0.909while α values from four subscales ranged from 0.809 to 0.921. Conclusions/Implications for Practice. Tis study provides evidence of the LCQ-IP-R’s reliability and validity in evaluating Russian-speaking nurses’ perception of their hospital’s CQIP. Tese fndings open thedoorforfurtherresearchonCQIPinhealthcaresettingsinKazakhstan,CentralAsia,andotherRussian-speakingcountries.Te scaleprovidesessentialbaselineinformationtodesignefectiveinterventions forachievinghospitals’infectionpreventionobjectives. 1. Introduction Healthcare administrators and policymakers are continu- ouslyengagingindevelopinganinfectionpreventionculture that is very extensive, convenient, and economical in healthcare settings. According to Cruz ([1]; p. 3), a “culture of quality in infection prevention” (CQIP) is defned as the “shared perception among healthcare professionals towards hospital infection prevention.” Hospitals worldwide are expectedtohavethehighestlevelofCQIPtoensurepatient safety and better patient outcomes. Te World Health Or- ganization [2] reported that routine infection prevention practicesinKazakhstanarewelldocumented,includingrisk assessment for infectious diseases, patient safety, and establishing primary healthcare coordination centers stafed by healthcare professionals. Hindawi Journal of Nursing Management Volume 2023, Article ID 5309218, 10 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/5309218