Abstract
Introduction: Nosocomial infections are drawing increasing attention because of the magnitude of the problem in terms of the associated morbidity, mortality and cost of treatment, but also due to the growing recognition that most of these are preventable. Failure to implement correct practices by health care workers responsible for increased incidences of Nosocomial infections. Objective: To assess knowledge, attitude and practices for control of nosocomial infections among doctors, Nurses & ward aids in tertiary care institute. Materials and Methods: A total of 135 HCWs, 45 doctors, 50 nurses and 50 ward aides were included and questionnaires were prepared covering different areas like Hand hygiene, biomedical waste, vaccination, universal precautions and PEP etc. to assess their knowledge, attitudes and practices for prevention of nosocomial infections. Results: Total of 274 questionnaires was analyzed using appropriate statistical methods. Different responses obtained as excellent, good, fair and poor for different categories of health care personnel (HCP). The test of significance Wilcoxon signed rank test was applied for pre test and post test responses found significant change in response after their training. Discussion: Attending continued medical educations on hospital infection had a positive effect on infection control practices in all levels of health care personnel. Conclusion: Regular monitoring, education and motivational programs on nosocomial infections and their prevention can help in retention of Knowledge, attitudes and practices among the various categories of health care workers. Keywords: Nosocomial infections, KAP score, Health care workers.
Highlights
Nosocomial infections are drawing increasing attention because of the magnitude of the problem in terms of the associated morbidity, mortality and cost of treatment, and due to the growing recognition that most of these are preventable
Study by JB Suchitra et al 2007 and Ujjavala C et al 2016 has shown similar results on effect of training given. 2,5 Studies by Angelillo et al 1999 recommended that attending continue medical educations on hospital infection had a positive effect on infection control practices
All the questionnaires were assessed for different area of Biomedical waste (BMW), vaccination in health care personnel, hand hygiene, nosocomial infections and post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) among different categories of HCP as shown in.Figure 1 Different responses obtained as excellent, good, fair and poor for different categories of health care personnel (HCP) and analyses of which is shown in
Summary
Nosocomial infections are drawing increasing attention because of the magnitude of the problem in terms of the associated morbidity, mortality and cost of treatment, and due to the growing recognition that most of these are preventable. Failure to implement correct practices by health care workers responsible for increased incidences of Nosocomial infections. Materials and Methods: A total of 135 HCWs, 45 doctors, 50 nurses and 50 ward aides were included and questionnaires were prepared covering different areas like Hand hygiene, biomedical waste, vaccination, universal precautions and PEP etc. Conclusion: Regular monitoring, education and motivational programs on nosocomial infections and their prevention can help in retention of Knowledge, attitudes and practices among the various categories of health care workers. Rajdev and Mullan / IP International Journal of Medical Microbiology and Tropical Diseases 2019;5(4):222225 different areas of prevention of nosocomial infections like Biomedical waste, vaccination of health care workers, hand hygiene, universal precautions etc
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