A post course practical skills evaluation was performed on a Neonatalie Newborn Simulator. Participants underwent a 2 day training course of 5 hours each. Thirty nine participants completed the course. The percentages of correct answers on a written test significantly increased from 82% to 99% after training. 100% of the trainees achieved passing scores. The trainees who participate in HBB training can significantly improve their knowledge and skills on simulators.
The main goal of this study was to find out whether personal accessories of Health Care Workers (HCWs) harbored microbes which would inhibit good hand hygiene, and would act as breeding grounds for various disease causing microorganisms. Twenty six culture swabs were taken from the bangles, watches and rings of HCWs. We observed the growth of micrococcus species and coagulase negative staphylococci in 50 % of the samples. Of the positive bacterial growth, 45.5% were in bangles, 60% in watches and 40% in rings. Health Care workers have solemn responsibility to safeguard their patients as well as themselves by complying with good hand hygiene compliance by not wearing these accessories during direct patient contact and washing their hands according to WHO Hand Hygiene guidelines.
Hand Hygiene is one of the best measures to control infection. Through structured questionnaire, the WHO hand hygiene compliance tool and structured teaching programme recommended by the WHO, Pre and post tests were done 1 week after and 1 month after which resulted that adherence to hand hygiene compliance was not satisfactory among Healthcare Professionals .The interventional study through teaching programme was not significantly effective to improve their compliance due to short span of time. To have enduring effect, there is a need of continuous teaching programme on long term basis.
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