Prevention of Nosocomial Infection and Standard Precautions: Knowledge and Source of Information Among Healthcare Students

Tavolacci, Marie‐Pierre; Ladner, Joël; Bailly, Laurent; Merle, V.; Pitrou, Isabelle; Czernichow, P.

doi:10.1086/588683

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“…A pre-designed, pre-tested, anonymous self-administered, semi-structured questionnaire was given to each student who had an informed consent to take part in the study. This questionnaire was adapted from a previous study done in France in four healthcare schools at Rouen University 1 . The questionnaire was pretested with more than ten respondents that included all students categories at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Namibia.…”

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“…The main purpose of infection control is to reduce the occurrence and transmission of infectious diseases. Specialized training must be received before a health sciences student undertakes any patient procedure involving sharp devices 1 . Health Sciences students are exposed early to the hospitals and to activities which increase their risk of acquiring and transmitting infections.…”

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Knowledge and attitudes of infection prevention and control among health sciences students at University of Namibia

2014

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Background: Health Sciences students are exposed early to hospitals and to activities which increase their risk of acquiring infections. Infection control practices are geared towards reduction of occurrence and transmission of infectious diseases. Objective: To evaluate knowledge and attitudes of infection prevention and control among Health Science students at University of Namibia. Methods: To assess students' knowledge and attitudes regarding infection prevention and control and their sources of information, a self-administered questionnaire was used to look at standard precautions especially hands hygiene. Results: One hundred sixty two students participated in this study of which 31 were medical, 17 were radiography and 114 were nursing students. Medical students had better overall scores (73%) compared to nursing students (66%) and radiology students (61%). There was no significant difference in scores between sexes or location of the high school being either in rural or urban setting. Conclusion: Serious efforts are needed to improve or review curriculum so that health sciences students' knowledge on infection prevention and control is imparted early before they are introduced to the wards.

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“…Pre-and post-test data was collected by a questionnaire, which was developed according to the international infection control guidelines. 6 The questionnaire consisted of closed and open ended questions and included questions on nosocomial infection, universal precautions and hand hygiene, and hospital waste management. In the workshop, demonstrations, videos, and lectures were arranged to impart the knowledge and increase awareness.…”

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Impact of sensitization workshop on knowledge and awareness of hospital-acquired infection among nurses of a teaching hospital in India

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Phalke

Zambare

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SE Asia J. Pub. Health

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Hospital-acquired infection (HAI) in healthcare settings is the most frequent adverse event in healthcare delivery worldwide. Hundreds of millions of patients are affected by HAI worldwide each year, leading to significant patient mortality rates and financial losses for health systems. We evaluated the impact of a sensitization workshop on knowledge and awareness of HAI among nurses in a medical college hospital in rural area of Ahmednagar district, India from March 2010 to August 2010. One hundred staff nurses, who had more than one year of experience, had attended the workshops on HAI. Pre-and post-test data was collected by a questionnaire. A significant increase in number of nurses having knowledge regarding commonly occurring HAI and routes of transmission , barrier nursing and hygienic hand washing techniques, hospital waste management (its importance and color coding), and the importance of an infection control team was observed after the workshop. Education and training of healthcare workers about standard infection control can reduce the extent of risks of HAI. Nurses have a critical role to play in prevention measures and infection control and they should have the opportunity for continuous professional development.

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“…The risk of acquiring occupational infection among health care workers from all sources in the health care settings could be reduced by undertaking standard precautions [17][18]. An increase in knowledge and attitude among health care workers will not guarantee protection but it is along with the practice of UWP that helps in infection control in the health care setting [19].…”

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Blood and body fluids: knowledge, attitude and practice of medical students in Ajman, UAE

Sreedharan

Muttappallymyalil

Venkatramana

2013

Int J Occup Safety & Health

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Abstract:The health care workers should be aware of Universal Work Precaution (UWP) as there is an increased risk of exposure to infectious diseases which is considered mainly due to accidental exposure to blood and body fluids.This study mainly aims to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice of medical students on blood and body fluids at Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates (UAE).The study subjects constituted 212 medical students of academic years 2005 -2009. A self administered questionnaire was utilized for data collection and analysis was performed using statistical software PASW 17. Results: The participant's age ranged from 17 to 27 years. A statistically significant association (P<0.001) between knowledge on UWP and year of study was observed, with a highest knowledge of 95.5% in third year, 88% fifth year, 82.5% fourth year, 67.3% second year and a lowest of 33.3% in first year. A statistically significant association was obtained between knowledge and practice (P<0.01) of medical students regarding needle recapping. The study reported, that a majority of participants with the opinion on wearing surgical aprons, masks and protective goggles during surgery while the practice was not up to the level of knowledge. Statistically significant association was obtained between knowledge and practice (P<0.01) with regard to the usage of surgical aprons and protective goggles.The present study thus indicates an increase in practice with increase in knowledge. The study also emphasizes the need for providing proper education on transmission of blood-borne infections, standard precautions and increasing availability of protection strategies.

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Prevention of Nosocomial Infection and Standard Precautions: Knowledge and Source of Information Among Healthcare Students

Cited by 105 publications

References 29 publications

Knowledge and attitudes of infection prevention and control among health sciences students at University of Namibia

Knowledge and attitudes of infection prevention and control among health sciences students at University of Namibia

Impact of sensitization workshop on knowledge and awareness of hospital-acquired infection among nurses of a teaching hospital in India

Blood and body fluids: knowledge, attitude and practice of medical students in Ajman, UAE

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