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A Study to Assess Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Hand Hygiene amongst Residents and Nursing Staff in a Tertiary Health Care Setting of Bhopal City

机译:博帕尔市三级医疗机构居民和护理人员手卫生知识和态度评估研究

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Background: Infection due to hospital-acquired microbes is an evolving problem worldwide, and horizontal transmission of bacterial organism continues to cause a high nosocomial infection rate in health care settings. Most nosocomial infections are thought to be transmitted by the hands of health care workers.The application of hand hygiene is effective in reducing infection rates.Objectives: To assess the level of knowledge and attitude regarding hand hygiene practices amongst the health care professionals and to identify areas of gaps in their knowledge and attitude.Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study.Result: A total 160 respondents were studied about their knowledge and attitude towards hand hygiene practices and significant difference with a p-value of 0.0025 was observed regarding most frequent source of germs responsible for health care associated infections among resident and nurses. A significant difference with p-value of 0.0001 & 0.04 was observed in colonization due to jewellery and artificial nail among the study groups. The attitude regarding correct hand hygiene practices to be followed at all times was found to be better among nurses (62.5%) as compared to residents (21.3%) which was found to be highly significant with p-value <0.001.Conclusion: Present study highlights the need of repeated training sessions regarding hand hygiene practices among the health care workers to provide the current knowledge in the area with a behavioral change in attitudes and practices leading to reduction of nosocomial infections.
机译:背景:由于医院获得的微生物引起的感染是全球范围内不断发展的问题,细菌生物体的水平传播继续在医疗机构中引起较高的医院感染率。多数医院感染被认为是由医护人员传播的。手卫生的应用可以有效降低感染率。目的:评估医护人员对手卫生的知识和态度水平,并确定材料和方法:横断面研究。结果:共研究了160名受访者对手卫生习惯的知识和态度,大多数人的p值为0.0025。居民和护士中与卫生保健相关的常见细菌感染源。在研究组中,由于珠宝和人造指甲,在定植中观察到p值为0.0001和0.04的显着差异。与护士(21.3%)相比,护士在所有时间都应遵循正确的手部卫生习惯的态度要好(62.5%),而居民的态度非常重要,p值<0.001。结论:本研究强调需要对医护人员进行有关手卫生习惯的反复培训,以提供该地区的当前知识,并改变态度和行为,从而减少医院感染。

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