Background: Human Nipah virus (NiV) infection is an emerging zoonotic disease caused by the NiV resulting in severe illness in humans. The physicians can represent a lead role in disease prevention if they have the right knowledge regarding disease. This study aimed to state the assessment of knowledge regarding NiV infection among physicians in a selected tertiary hospital, Rangpur, Bangladesh.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 211 physicians in Rangpur Medical College and Hospital by pretested structured questionnaire, from January 2020 to December 2020, using a convenient sampling method. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews.Results: The majority of the respondents (69%) were within the 21 to 25 years of age group, mean age was 25±2.9 years where 54% of respondents were female. A questionnaire was comprised of 87 questions regarding knowledge on NiV infection. The findings revealed that 19% had good knowledge, 50% had fair and about 31% had poor level of knowledge regarding NiV infection. Among the respondents, 83% mentioned lack of awareness as a barrier regarding the prevention of NiV infection. Inferential statistics were done at a 95% confidence interval and 5% level of significance. Those who were aged between 21 to 25 years had significantly good knowledge than those who were more than 26 years of age (p=0.002).Conclusions: This study concludes that knowledge of the physicians on NiV infection was at a fair or average level. There is a dire need for the routine integration of the awareness and safety precaution practice among the physicians.
Background: Patient record prescribed further state of health of the patient and determines the diagnosis of diseases by exerting the history. The study was conducted to assess the practice of patient record management among nurses in a selected government hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Methods: A descriptive type of cross-sectional study was done among 214 respondents following convenient methods of sampling from Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital (ShSMCH), Dhaka, Bangladesh from January to December 2020. Data were collected through face-to-face interview by using a pretested semi-structured questionnaire. Results: The study revealed that about 27% of the respondents were belonging to the 26-30 age groups and the mean ± SD of age was 35.16 ± 6.93. Most of the respondents 48% were diploma in nursing. Out of 214 respondents, the pattern of nursing documentation was always filled up by about 97%, documentation practice was taken manually by 55%, management of missing files was done by 33% of respondents, and confidentiality record kept access for authorized ones was mentioned by 58%. Keeping patient records after death was made by 34.2% of respondents and preservation of medico-legal files was stored on papers narrated by 90% of the respondents. The majority of the respondents 73.4% mentioned inadequate working knowledge as a barrier in medical history training. Conclusion: Practice of Nurses on patient record management may help the authority to identify any error in the patient care, self-evaluation, and assure the quality of care. The study has an immense value if it’s possible to develop the electronic data record-keeping system in every government hospital. JOPSOM 2021; 40(2): 38-43
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