Knowledge regarding Infection Prevention and Control guidelines during COVID 19 pandemic among health care workers in tertiary care hospital.

Abstract

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has taken tragic proportions and has disrupted lives globally. Understanding the risks associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 SARSCoV-2 transmission during health care delivery and assessing mitigation strategies for hospitals to improve patient safety and access to health care is crucial. Guidelines for triage governmental guidelines for use of personal protective equipment PPE from doctorrsquos point of view precautions to be taken in the OPD and operating room as well as care of various equipments in the meanwhile the role of waste management sector in the hospitals also play an important role in ensuring unusual heaps of waste generated in hospitals during this pandemic thus controlling the spread of COVID19 infection. All these should be assessed to see if standard infection control practices and waste management protocol are being followed properly.Objective To assess knowledge among healthcare workerspostgraduates and interns about infection control in Victoria hospital during COVID-19 pandemic.Methodology It was an online cross-sectional survey among 80 healthcare workers in Victoria hospital in Bengaluru. A pre-tested semi structured self-administered questionnaire was used.Results More than half of the respondents reported being screened daily for temperature monitoring before entering the hospital premises. Only few reported that they were confused about the right sequence of donning and doffing of PPE kit.Conclusion Repeated training of the health care staff is very crucial for proper implementation of infection control practices and biomedical waste management.nbsp