Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Hand Hygiene among Medical and Nursing Students at a Tertiary Health Care Centre in Raichur, India.

ISRN Preventive Medicine Pub Date : 2014-02-06 eCollection Date: 2014-01-01 DOI:10.1155/2014/608927

Sreejith Sasidharan Nair, Ramesh Hanumantappa, Shashidhar Gurushantswamy Hiremath, Mohammed Asaduddin Siraj, Pooja Raghunath

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Background. Hand hygiene is recognized as the leading measure to prevent cross-transmission of microorganisms. Regarding hospital acquired infections, the compliance of nurses with hand washing guidelines seems to be vital in preventing the disease transmission among patients. There is a paucity of studies exploring this subject in Asia. Especially medical and nursing student's knowledge of standard hand hygiene precautions is rarely compared. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 98 medical and 46 nursing students in a tertiary medical college in India. Knowledge was assessed using WHO hand hygiene questionnaire. Attitude and practices were evaluated by using another self-structured questionnaire. Z test was used to compare the percentage of correct responses between medical and nursing students. A P value less than 0.05 was considered significant. Results. Only 9% of participants (13 out of 144) had good knowledge regarding hand hygiene. Nursing students knowledge (P = 0.023) , attitude (P = 0.023), and practices (P < 0.05) were significantly better than medical students.

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印度Raichur三级卫生保健中心医学和护理专业学生的手卫生知识、态度和实践

背景。手卫生被认为是防止微生物交叉传播的主要措施。关于医院获得性感染，护士遵守洗手准则似乎对预防疾病在患者之间传播至关重要。在亚洲，对这一问题的研究很少。特别是医、护生对标准手卫生预防措施的了解很少比较。方法。对印度一所高等医学院的98名医科学生和46名护理专业学生进行了横断面研究。使用世卫组织手卫生问卷对知识进行评估。态度和行为通过另一份自构问卷进行评估。采用Z检验比较医学生与护学生答对正确率的差异。P值小于0.05为显著性。结果。只有9%的参与者(144人中有13人)对手部卫生有良好的了解。护生的知识(P = 0.023)、态度(P = 0.023)、实践(P < 0.05)均显著优于医学生。

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