دورية أكاديمية
Knowledge of hand cleanliness among medical students and nurses at tertiary healthcare centre: a cross-sectional study
| العنوان: | Knowledge of hand cleanliness among medical students and nurses at tertiary healthcare centre: a cross-sectional study |
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| المؤلفون: | Bandana Mahanta, DK Das, Pollov Borah, Putul Mahanta, Malamoni Dutta |
| المصدر: | Open Journal of Psychiatry and Allied Sciences, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 43-47 (2021) |
| بيانات النشر: | Academy Publisher, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Psychiatry |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | hospital-acquired infection, cross infections, paramedical staff, hand hygiene actions, Psychiatry, RC435-571 |
| الوصف: | Background: Hand hygiene is documented as one of the foremost techniques to prevent cross-transmission of germs. Objectives: This paper aims to assess the knowledge of hand cleanliness among medical students and working nurses. Methods: It was a cross-sectional descriptive study, carried over a sample selected by non-probability convenient sampling technique. The questionnaire used here to assess the knowledge and practice on hand hygiene was adapted from the World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care. The data thus collected were presented in terms of counts and percentages. Chi-square test was used to test the significance of the differences, and a p-value of less than 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Results: Overall, 92.08% of participants have received training in handwashing. Twenty-five (41.60%) medical students believed that the microbes already present with the patient were responsible for hospital-acquired infection (HAI). Medical students had significantly higher knowledge than working nurses regarding dryness of skin due to hand rubbing over handwashing (p |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2394-2061 2394-2053 |
| Relation: | https://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=34233203&vnr=693759; https://doaj.org/toc/2394-2053; https://doaj.org/toc/2394-2061 |
| DOI: | 10.5958/2394-2061.2021.00013.6 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/2236504b9e8748978825f92fb7d8a1be |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.2236504b9e8748978825f92fb7d8a1be |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 23942061 23942053 |
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| DOI: | 10.5958/2394-2061.2021.00013.6 |