A Study on Perception of Health Care Workers In Relation To HIV/AIDS in Jamnagar District

Gandha, Kapil; Dhaduk, Kishor M; Parmar, Dipesh; Lodhiya, Kaushik K; Pithadia, Pradeep

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“…Nursing staff sustain high burden of needle sticks injuries up to 60.6 percent. ( 8 11 13 ) Participants in this study were younger with mean age of 41 years (sisters in charge) and 27-28 years (staff nurses), it was comparable to other studies done in India amongst HCW in Jamnagar( 10 ) and Mysore( 14 ) as well as abroad in Egypt. ( 15 ) Mean years of work experience in present study was much lower than in other studies.…”

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“…Knowledge and practice score of PEP elsewhere was only 31.9. ( 10 ) The best practice identified in pre training assessment was that 78% of them were aware of using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for delivery of HIV positive women as a UWP; it increased further to 81%. Areas which had low score during pre-evaluation and warrant more attention were steps of hand washing, needle recapping practices etc.…”

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“…Health Care Workers (HCWs) are exposed to blood/other body fluids with threat of acquiring infections; commonest being hepatitis B (9-30%) followed by hepatitis C (3-9%) and HIV (0.03%). ( 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ) Globally 2.5% of HIV and 40% of HBV among HCW are attributed to occupational exposure with an overall incidence of occupational exposure to blood/body fluids among HCW as 32.3%. ( 5 ) Arrival of HIV in clinical settings has focused everyone's attention towards Universal Work Precautions (UWP).…”

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Impact evaluation of domains of learning on Universal Work Precautions (UWP) amongst nursing staff in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Western India

Sharma¹,

Kumar²,

Patel³

et al. 2016

Indian J Community Med

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Introduction:Second key strategy of National AIDS Control Program (NACP IV) is comprehensive care and support by providing quality services through zero stigma and discrimination. Quality of services can be improved by eliminating stigma and discrimination and making health care provider aware of associated occupational hazards. Nursing staff play crucial role and are more at risk therefore their understanding, perception and skill must be assessed in different domains of learning to improve the contents and methodology of trainings.Material and Methods:Total 85 nursing staff underwent 1 day training in 3 batches focusing on Universal Work Precautions (UWP), Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) and sensitization of the participants towards PLHA (People living with HIV/AIDS). Their learning was evaluated under different domains (cognitive, psychomotor and affective) using structured questionnaire.Results:In pretest evaluation scores showed minor and statistically not significant variations in terms of participant's gender, age, designation work experience and status of having received any similar training in the past. Impact of the training was visible as overall mean scores increased from 10.6 ± 2.7 to 13.8 ± 5.8; gain being statistically highly significant (P value < 0.001). Gain was highest in cognitive (from 58% to 77%) followed by psychomotor (from 48% to 62%) and minimal in affective domain (from 75% to 76%).Conclusions:After undergoing the training, participants were benefitted more in cognitive domain than psychomotor and affective domain. Acquired knowledge, skill and communication skill if evaluated as done in this study will improve the methodology of such trainings making them more effective.

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Impact evaluation of domains of learning on Universal Work Precautions (UWP) amongst nursing staff in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Western India

Sharma¹,

Kumar²,

Patel³

et al. 2016

Indian J Community Med

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“…In addition, a study conducted in an Indian medical college demonstrated merely 37.6% had sufficient knowledge regarding HIV PEP and an even smaller number 20.7% had information about the right time of initiation of HIV PEP [10]. Moreover, a Serbian study mentioned that 87% of the HCWs had not been informed about the guidelines regarding protection from HIV, and reported that PEP protocols were not available at their work places [11].…”

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Knowledge, attitude and practices of medical and health science students on the antiretroviral based HIV post-exposure prophylaxis in an Ethiopian hospital: an institutional based cross-sectional study

Anteneh

Belachew

Endeshaw

et al. 2019

BMC Health Serv Res

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BackgroundHIV/AIDS in resource-limited settings poses a high risk of occupational exposure to healthcare workers due to higher number of HIV infected patients. Hence, antiretroviral based post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for HIV is very crucial. The aim of the study was to determine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of medical and Health science students on antiretroviral based HIV PEP in University of Gondar comprehensive specialized hospital (UOGCSH), Northwestern Ethiopia.MethodsAn institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 220 medical and health science graduating students in UOGCSH from May to July 2015. Data were collected using a self-administered pretested questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS software version 22. Results were summarized in frequencies, percentages, and means with standard deviations and presented using tables or figures.ResultsAmong the respondents, only sixty-six (30%) of the 220 study participants has had adequate knowledge about HIV PEP. Furthermore, over 90 % of the students had positive attitude towards HIV PEP f. Out of the total respondents, 37/220 (16.8%) were in need of HIV PEP and of these students only 18/37 (48.6%) took PEP. On the other hand, merely 50% of the study subjects completed the full course of HIV PEP, while the rest 50% failed to finish. As to the respondents self-report, the sole reason for starting but failing to complete the full course of HIV PEP was intolerance to the side effects of antiretroviral.ConclusionsAlthough majority of the respondents had poor knowledge and practice, they owned a good attitude towards HIV PEP. Therefore, a pre-service intensive training for all students regarding HIV PEP prior to their clinical attachments is mandatory. In addition, potential side effects of ARTs and its managements should be priory informed to the students so as to prevent the associated non-adherence to ultimately reduce the incidence of drug resistance. Moreover, the habit of needle stick injury reporting was found to be poor that needs due improvement and there has been also a pressing need to supply sufficient protective barriers to the students while planning and rendering services.

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“…Regarding needle-stick injury, 77% of the nurses knew that it should be reported to the concerned authority. In the study by Gandha Kapil [10] only 16% nurses were aware about notifying such incidents.…”

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A Study on Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) of Universal Precautions in The Nursing Staff of Tertiary care Hospital

Devaliya¹,

Brahme²,

Shringarpure³

2016

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Healthcare Associated Infection (HCAI) is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in hospital based settings; with nosocomial infections and their control creating a world-wide challenge. This also adds to the burden of healthcare costs due to added antimicrobial treatment and prolonged hospitalization. Para medical staff, especially nurses is at great risk of exposure to blood and body fluids and other means of spread of infection. This study was conducted to access knowledge, attitude and practice regarding universal precautions among the nursing staff of one of the tertiary care hospital and to identify various hurdles to fulfill the same. A self-administered structure study instrument was used to determine knowledge, attitude and practice of Universal Precaution among nursing staff of one of the tertiary care hospitals of Western India. The study included 52 nursing staff from various department of hospital including Specialty and super specialty departments. It was noted that only 85% of the nursing staff was given training of universal health precaution. Knowledge regarding HIV was satisfactory; all the nurses knew the mode of transmission of HIV. Most important and the basic thing in the prevention of infection is hand washing; knowledge regarding which was seen in all the nurses, however, compliance to hand washing was found only in 40% nurses. Low compliance of hand hygiene, lack of training, heavy workloads, underuse of personal protective equipment's are major obstacles in preventing infection and spread of multi-drug resistant pathogens.

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A Study on Perception of Health Care Workers In Relation To HIV/AIDS in Jamnagar District

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Impact evaluation of domains of learning on Universal Work Precautions (UWP) amongst nursing staff in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Western India

Impact evaluation of domains of learning on Universal Work Precautions (UWP) amongst nursing staff in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Western India

Knowledge, attitude and practices of medical and health science students on the antiretroviral based HIV post-exposure prophylaxis in an Ethiopian hospital: an institutional based cross-sectional study

A Study on Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) of Universal Precautions in The Nursing Staff of Tertiary care Hospital

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