scholarly journals Knowledge Levels of Medical Students about Hand Hygiene Practices in a Tertiary Hospital, Bangalore

Author(s):  
C. Bhavana ◽  
Jyoti S Kabbin ◽  
R. Ambica
Author(s):  
Shashi Saxena ◽  
Saurabh Mishra ◽  
Huma Khan

Background: Hand hygiene is a milestone in the field of infectious disease control. Promotion of improved hand hygiene has been recognized as an important public health measure. Therefore hand washing is being promoted in various ways. This study has been conducted to assess the level of knowledge and attitude regarding hand hygiene practices amongst the medical students to identify areas of gaps in their knowledge, attitude and practices.Methods: This is a cross sectional study conducted among medical undergraduates of a private medical college in western Utter Pradesh. A pre tested questionnaire with multiple choice questions was used for collection of data.Results: A total of 246 MBBS students participated in the study out of which 50.4 % students were male and rest were female. 78.5% participants were belonging to the age group 19-21 years. Students have good knowledge of hand washing irrespective of their educational front.Conclusions: The results of our study are fairly good still a proper training program is required to generate awareness among the community. Maintenance of hand hygiene should be a part of our education system at primary level.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azzam al Kadi ◽  
Sajad Ahmad Salati

Background. Hand hygiene is a cost-effective method in preventing infection transmission. Hand hygiene practices have been found to be faulty in most healthcare settings. We conducted a study to evaluate the awareness, and compliance of hand hygiene among undergraduate medical students during their clinical phase in Qassim College of Medicine, Saudi Arabia.Methods. A questionnaire based on World Health Organization’s concept of “Five Moments for Hand Hygiene” was used to evaluate the awareness of the indications for hand hygiene and compliance was observed during Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) sessions. Sixty students including thirty-six males (60%) and twenty-four females (40%) participated voluntarily in the study.Results. The average awareness regarding the positive indications of hand hygiene was 56%. Rest of the 44% of students were either not sure or unaware of the indications of hygiene. Only 29% of students were able to identify all the five indications for hand hygiene in the questionnaire. Compliance as assessed during OSCE sessions was only 17% with no significant difference between the genders.Conclusion. It was concluded that serious efforts are needed to improve the hand hygiene practices among medical students.


Author(s):  
Murali Chakravarthy ◽  
Dattatreya Prabhakumar ◽  
Shruthi Nayak ◽  
Rajathadri Hosur ◽  
Sumant Padgaonkar ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sajad Ahmad Salati ◽  
Azzam Al Kadi

Objective. The study was conducted to study the impact of various measures instituted to improve hand hygiene practices of the medical students after having documented poor hand hygiene awareness and compliance in a study conducted in 2012. Methods. A self-designed questionnaire based on World Health Organization’s concept of “Five Moments for Hand Hygiene” was used to evaluate the awareness of the indications of hand hygiene. Compliance was observed during Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) sessions. Fifty-one students participated voluntarily in the study. Results. The awareness and compliance of hand hygiene among the medical students in 2014 had shown statistically significant improvement (P<0.005) as compared to figures of the study conducted in 2012. Conclusion. Dedicated multifaceted intervention can improve the hand hygiene practices in medical students.


2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
MIRIAM E. TUCKER

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Collins McLaughlin ◽  
Grace E. Anxieter ◽  
Amanda T. Hemmer

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