A population proportion to each stratum study on knowledge, attitude and practices on vaccine preventable hospital acquired infections

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Abstract Background and Objective: Health-care workers (HCWs) need to be immunized against vaccine-preventable diseases such as hepatitis B virus and tetanus. The study was conducted to assess knowledge, attitude, and practices on immunization against vaccine-preventable hospital-acquired infection (HAI). Materials and Methods: It was a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted in the clinical care areas of a tertiary care government teaching hospital. The study was conducted from June 2019 to June 2020. Institutional Ethics Committee approval was attained before taking up the study. A study sample of 407 was calculated by applying the population proportion to size formula to each stratum and was drawn among the resident (academic) doctors, staff nurses, and paramedical and housekeeping staff of the institute. The results were analyzed statistically. Results: Out of 407 study participants, 91 (22.4%) were resident (academic) doctors, 122 (30%) were staff nurses, 23 (5.7%) were paramedical staff, and 171 (42%) were housekeeping staff, respectively. The overall mean score for all the study participants’ knowledge, attitude, and practice for immunization against vaccine-preventable HAIs and health checkup among HCWs was 1.71 out of 2, 0.96 out of 1, and 1.18 out of 2, respectively. Conclusion: The knowledge with respect to immunization against vaccine-preventable HAIs and health checkup for HCWs was good for resident (academic) doctors. However, with respect to attitude and practice, it was found that the housekeeping staff and the staff nurses had better scores than the resident (academic) doctors. The author has suggested a few administrative measures in the article.