Abstract
Background: Kayakalp is an innovative initiatory started by the Health and Family Welfare Ministry through Swachh Bharat Abhiyan campaign on 15th May 2015. These instructions concentrate on advancement of desirable schemes for housekeeping facilities, pest control procedure, water sanitation, appointment & tutoring of manpower, advancement and accomplishment of appropriate cleansing procedure in terms of protocols / Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), powerful management and inspection by the employees and inherent Machinery in the treaties linked with an organizational framework which places a bonus on excellent cleaning services and sanitary facilities. This study aims to describe the experiences and knowledge based on assessment of Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha District using this tool.
 Objectives: To assess and document hospital upkeep, Sanitation, Hygiene Practices, Hygiene Promotion and to study Handling of Biomedical Waste, Infection Control and Hospital Support Services.
 Methodology: This cross sectional hospital based study that will be conducted at Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha District.
 Apart from observation of various practices and Processes, the participants to be interviewed will be Nursing staff in-charge in different wards along with Biomedical engineers, Administrative officers and beneficiary patients. For Quantitative data collection, a kayakalp checklist will be used. Data will be collected through observation, staff interview, record keeping, and patient interview forms as per Kayakalp Initiative Tool.
 Results: This study would help to understand current hospital sanitation procedures, hospital hygiene, infection prevention, general maintenance, waste management, and support services, etc. and will help to improve services based on findings of the study so as to improve satisfaction of population catered by hospital and provide an ideal working environment for all stakeholders.
 Conclusion: This work will assist in improving hospital/facility management and will aid in improvement of sanitation and hygiene practices, it will also improve overall satisfaction of all stakeholders after due implementation of changes suggested at the end of study.
Highlights
1.1 BackgroundHealthcare institution is an organization where health services are utilized by people of diverse age, gender, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity
This study would help to understand current hospital sanitation procedures, hospital hygiene, infection prevention, general maintenance, waste management, and support services, etc. and will help to improve services based on findings of the study so as to improve satisfaction of population catered by hospital and provide an ideal working environment for all stakeholders
This work will assist in improving hospital/facility management and will aid in improvement of sanitation and hygiene practices, it will improve overall satisfaction of all stakeholders after due implementation of changes suggested at the end of study
Summary
Healthcare institution is an organization where health services are utilized by people of diverse age, gender, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity. ‘Kayakalp’ initiative, a component of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan movement, was launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 15th May 2015 These guidelines are categorised as follows into six separate themes: Healthcare facility maintenance, Sanitizing and cleanliness, Dumping of waste, Disease prevention, Hospital assist facilities, and Sanitary encouragement. These can be used on the some discretion for primary healthcare centers and tertiary care facilities as well This instructions have been established following a thorough documentary research of the ongoing leading exercises into the field of medical centre sanitization, cleaning services, disease control, overall maintenance, management of waste, and supportive services etc.; and related excerpts from the similar was adjusted with appropriate amendments in accordance with the demands of government health facilities. They may be situated in metro cities or villages [6]
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