scholarly journals Impact of educational intervention on knowledge regarding safe handling of cytotoxic drugs among the nursing personnel working in BPKIHS

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
Dev Kumari Shrestha (Rai) ◽  
S Lama ◽  
A Badu ◽  
G N Mandal
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Cytotoxic Drugs ◽  
Nursing Personnel ◽  
Drug Preparation ◽  
Safe Handling ◽  
National Organizations ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Hazardous Drugs

Introduction: Cytotoxic drugs are toxic compounds and are known to have carcinogenic, mutagenic and/or teratogenic potential. It is also considered as hazardous drugs. With direct contact they may cause irritation to the skin, eyes, and mucous membranes, and ulceration and necrosis of tissue. Safe handling refers to the process in which health care workers adhere to evidence-based practices (EBP) set forth by national organizations that have been designed to eliminate or significantly reduce occupational exposure. The key to safe handling is to protect the health care worker throughout the three phases of contact with the hazardous drugs. These phases are drug preparation, administration and disposal.Objective: To assess the effectiveness of education in enhancing the knowledge regarding safe handling of cytotoxic drugs among nursing personnel working at BPKIHS.Methods: Fifty nurses were taken as sample from selected ward of BPKIHS. One group pretest post test design was used by using population enumeration methods.Results: The overall mean score of knowledge on safe handling cytotoxic drugs of the respondents were 35.3 in the pre-test which increased to 83.7 in the post-test after an educational intervention. The difference was significant (p<0.001).Conclusion: Thus, the study's findings highlighted that there was a significant improvement in knowledge of the staffs after educational intervention. The educational intervention was very effective to improve the knowledge of the staffs. Health Renaissance 2015;13 (1): 

scholarly journals (P2-45) Impact of Educational Intervention on Knowledge Regarding Disaster Management Among Nurses Working in Nepal

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S1) ◽  
pp. s150-s150
Author(s):  
G.N. Mandal
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Awareness Programs ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Level Of Significance

ObjectivesThe purpose of this study was to find the change in knowledge regarding disaster management among nurses after educational intervention.MethodsOne group pretest and post test design was adopted for the study. The study was carried out in B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal. Forty Nurses were selected from emergency, orthopedics, medicine, and surgical ward by using non-probability convenience sampling technique. A self-administered semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. Data was collected before and after the educational intervention. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Chi-square and Z test) were used to identify the difference in knowledge between pre-test and post-test, at 0.05 level of significance.ResultsStudy findings revealed that in the pre-test, grand mean of the means of the nurses' knowledge on different aspects of disaster management as a whole was 2.39 with the standard deviation of 0.87. Similarly the grand mean of means of knowledge on different aspects of disaster management was 3.2 with the standard deviation of 0.47 in the post-test. The difference between pre-test and post-test in respondents' knowledge in different aspects of disaster management as a whole was calculated by using “Z” test (p < 0.05) The result showed that the educational intervention was effective in bringing changes in knowledge in all aspects of disaster management.ConclusionsStudy findings revealed that there was significant increase in knowledge in the post-test after the educational intervention. Therefore, it can be concluded that education plays an important role in increasing awareness. It is recommended that awareness programs on disaster management should be carried out periodically as in-service education.

Onco-pharmacist led evaluation of knowledge, attitude & practice (KAP) of safe handling cytotoxic drugs among health care professional's (HCP's) in tertiary care hospital: A hospital based interventional Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 107815522110669
Author(s):  
Manjula Gudhoor ◽  
Madiwalayya Shivakantayya Ganachari ◽  
K Jyoti ◽  
Geetanjali S Salimath
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cytotoxic Drugs ◽  
Primary Concern ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Interventional Study ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Safe Handling ◽  
Mandatory Requirement

Background Cytotoxic drugs (CDs) are hazardous in nature. But it is necessary for the treatment in cancer patients. The healthcare professionals (HCPs) act as a facilitator through which the manufactured CDs reach the patient. However, safe handling of CDs becomes a primary concern not only for the recipients but also for the HCPs. Methods On Ethics committee approval, a prospective- interventional study was conducted among HCPs who are involved in handling of CDs in Oncology department of tertiary care hospital. The participants were screened for their eligibility criteria & 73 HCPs were recruited. The initial data was collected from the HCPs through interview & questionnaires. Later the participants were trained by oncology-pharmacist (7–8 months) for safe handling of CDs. After the training the participants were tested again through interview & questionnaires. Results 73 participants, (75%) nurses & (25%) physicians were included in the study. Among these participants, only 32.87% underwent training on reconstitution whereas 67.12% of the participants didn't undergo any training. The increase in mean score of KAP after the training was observed to be 3.44 ± 4.32, 1.23 ± 1.51 and 1.3 ± 1.01 respectively. Conclusion The study concludes that mandatory requirement of training for HCPs using SOP's by qualified oncology-pharmacist to minimize the hazardous effects of CDs. It also highlights the improvisation techniques for handling of CDs will enhance the safety profile of HCPs & the patients, which helps in refining the quality of pharmaceutical and health care services provided in the cancer care settings.

Effectiveness of a Basic Training Presentation on Infant Oral Health Care for Pediatric Medicine Residents

2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Kebriaei ◽  
Vincent Rothe ◽  
Sheryl Pitner ◽  
Mary Balluff ◽  
Fouad Salama
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Pediatric Medicine ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Infant Oral Health

Objective: We hypothesize that viewing educational presentation with video will provide pediatric medicine residents with instructive information on infant oral health. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate an infant oral health education program targeting University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) pediatric medicine residents. Methods: Assessment of 32 pediatric medicine residents in the form of a questionnaire was completed immediately before and after a 60 minute educational intervention. The intervention was in the form of a PowerPoint presentation and video of infant oral health for health care providers. The 16-questions(True/false/don't know or multiple choice) questionnaire was based on the information presented in the lecture and video. Results: There was a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores (p-value&lt;0.001). The mean score on the pre-test was 10.09 out of 16 (63%) and the mean score on the post-test was 13.3 out of 16 (83%). There was no significant correlation between age, gender, or year of residency training with pre or post-test scores. Twenty-five (78.1%) reported themselves "very likely" to use the information.Conclusions: A one hour Power Point and video educational intervention was effective in teaching pediatric medicine residents basic information on infant oral health.

scholarly journals Permanent education for good practices in the prevention of pressure injury: almost-experiment

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (6) ◽  
pp. 1646-1652
Author(s):  
Ana Laura Mendes Campoi ◽  
Rosana Huppes Engel ◽  
Thaís Santos Guerra Stacciarini ◽  
Aldenora Laísa Paiva de Carvalho Cordeiro ◽  
Adriana Feliciana Melo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Hybrid Teaching ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Pressure Injury ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Student’S T ◽  
Nurses Knowledge

ABSTRACT Objective: To verify the effectiveness of the educational intervention through the evaluation of nurses’ knowledge about prevention of pressure injury. Method: A quasi-experimental study with a single group, carried out with 95 nurses from a teaching hospital in the interior of Minas Gerais, in August and September 2017. As a teaching strategy, the active methodology and hybrid teaching were used, based on the reference of the Method of the Arch of Charles Maguerez. Data were collected from a validated instrument, called the Pieper Knowledge Test, and analyzed by descriptive statistics and Student’s t-test with significance level of p <0.001. Results: The mean number of correct answers obtained by the nurses was 78.8% in the pre-test and 88.8% in the post-test, and the difference was statistically significant (p <0.001). Conclusion: The educational intervention developed was effective, since it contributed to the improvement of nurses’ knowledge.

scholarly journals Evaluation of effectiveness of COVID-19 training of tertiary health care workers

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 2635
Author(s):  
Sushama S. Thakre ◽  
Subhash B. Thakre ◽  
Ashok Jadhao ◽  
Ruhi Dass ◽  
Manjusha A. Dhoble ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
Respiratory Illness ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Special Treatment ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Difference

Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment. Older people or patients with co-morbidities have been observed to develop a serious illness. Figures from health resources and media reports show high proportion of infection rates and deaths amongst the health care workers (HCW). Thus, a training was conducted to assess the knowledge of the health care workers regarding coronavirus infection and their preparedness to fight against the ongoing pandemic.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted at Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur. This study was carried out from 26th March to 24th April 2020. Total 486 participants (health care workers) who were present at the time of pre-test and post-test during the training were included.Results: In the present study, all the 486 participants filled the pre-test and post -test forms. The mean pre-test and post test scores of all the participants were found to be 17.73 (±5.004 SD)   and 20.93 (±5.033 SD) respectively. The difference between the means was observed to be significant.Conclusions: This study reflects that the training was quite effective which is evident from the pre-test and post-test assessment among the health care workers. But there is a need to create higher level of awareness amongst the younger group of doctors as they are the backbone of health care system.

The fundamental role of educational intervention on improving health care workers’ knowledge, attitude and practice towards infection control precautions

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rasha H. Bassyouni ◽  
Ahmed-Ashraf Wegdan ◽  
Naglaa A El-Sherbiny
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Infection Control ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Standard Precautions ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Atp Bioluminescence ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

To evaluate the role of educational intervention on health care workers' (HCWs) compliance to standard precautions and cleaning of frequently touched surfaces at critical care units, forty-nine HCWs at 2 intensive care units (ICUs) and one neonatology unit at Fayoum University hospital were evaluated for knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) towards standard precautions as well as obstacles affecting their compliance to standard precautions before and after a 32-hour purposed-designed infection control education program. A structured self-administrated questionnaire as well as observational checklists were used. Assessment of Environmental cleaning was investigated by observational checklist, ATP bioluminescence and aerobic bacteriological culture for 118 frequently touched surfaces. Pre-intervention assessment revealed that 78.6% of HCWs were with good knowledge, 82.8% with good attitude and 80.8% had good practice. Obstacles identified by HCWs were as follow: making patient-care very technical (65.3%), deficiency of hand washing facilities (59.2%), skin irritation resulting from hand hygiene products (51%), and unavailability of PPE (38.8%). High significant improvements of knowledge, attitude and practice were detected after one month of educational intervention (P= 0.000). During the pre-interventional period only 30.5% of surfaces were considered clean versus 97.45% post intervention (P< 0.05). The highest Median ATP bioluminescence values were obtained from telephone handset, light switches and Blood pressure cuffs. S. aureus was the most common isolated organism followed by Enterococcus spp and E.coli (52, 38 and 19 surfaces respectively). In conclusion, contentious training of HCWs on standard precautions should be considered a mandatory element in infection control programs

Educational intervention to improve palliative care knowledge among informal caregivers of cognitively impaired older adults

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Hyunjin Noh ◽  
Lewis H. Lee ◽  
Chorong Won
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Informal Caregivers ◽  
Cognitively Impaired ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Seriously Ill

Abstract Objective Lack of palliative care knowledge among caregivers may pose an access barrier for cognitively impaired older adults, who may benefit from the specialized care. Therefore, this study aims to examine the effectiveness of an educational intervention in improving palliative care knowledge among informal caregivers of cognitively impaired older adults. Method Using a one-group, pre- and post-test intervention design, this study implemented an individual, face-to-face educational intervention with an informational brochure for 43 informal caregivers of chronically or seriously ill older adults (50+) with cognitive impairment, recruited from communities in West Alabama. Their level of knowledge about palliative care was assessed by the Palliative Care Knowledge Scale (PaCKS). The pre- and post-test scores were compared by the Wilcoxon signed-ranks test, and the racial subgroup (Whites vs. Blacks) comparison was made by the Mann–Whitney U test. Results There was a statistically significant difference between the pre- and post-test scores (z = 5.38, p < 0.001), indicating a statistically significant effect of the educational intervention in improving palliative care knowledge among participants. There was a significant difference (U = 143, p < 0.05) between Whites and Blacks in the pre-test, which, however, disappeared in the post-test (U = 173.50, p > 0.05), suggesting that the amount of increased PaCKS scores were significantly greater for Blacks (Mdn = 9.50) than for Whites (Mdn = 4.00, U = 130.50, p < 0.05). Significance of results This study demonstrated that a one-time educational intervention can improve the level of palliative care knowledge among informal caregivers of chronically or seriously ill older adults with cognitive impairment, particularly among Black caregivers. Therefore, further educational efforts can be made to promote palliative care knowledge and reduce racial disparities in palliative care knowledge and its use.

scholarly journals Home Mechanical Ventilation: A Patient’s Perspective Survey Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 4048
Author(s):  
Magdalena Kwiatosz-Muc ◽  
Bożena Kopacz
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Home Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Patient’S Satisfaction ◽  
Satisfaction Index ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
The Difference

Background: An increasing number of patients included in home mechanical ventilation (HMV) care has been under observation for many years. The study aimed to assess the patients opinion concerning the expected and perceived quality of care in an HMV system and a patient’s satisfaction with care. Methods: In 2017, patients treated with HMV were surveyed in Poland with the modified SERVQUAL questionnaire. Results: One hundred correctly completed surveys were analyzed. Patient Satisfaction Index was high. In every examined area, the expectations were statistically significant larger than the perception of the services. The biggest gap was in the tangibility dimension and the smallest gap was in the empathy dimension. Perceived respect and understanding for a patient’s needs are close to the expectations. Conclusions: The level of satisfaction with health care among patients treated with HMV in majority of investigated components is high. Moreover, the difference between perceived and expected quality of health care in the HMV system was relatively small in the opinion of the patients themselves. Further investigations with alternative methods are needed.

scholarly journals Assessment of an Educational Intervention to Improve Healthy Life Habits in Children Living in Vulnerable Socioeconomic Conditions

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 4495
Author(s):  
María López ◽  
Irene Alcoceba ◽  
María-José Castro ◽  
María-José Cao ◽  
Sara García ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Socioeconomic Conditions ◽  
Healthy Living ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
Test Study ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Life Habits

Nutritional condition impacts academic performance and cognitive development. In Peru, the prevalence of chronic undernutrition in children is 6.9%, increasing the risk of mortality and morbidity. This study aimed to develop an educational intervention to achieve an improvement in the healthy habits of children in a primary education school in Lima who live in vulnerable socioeconomic conditions. We conducted a prospective quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test study of an educational intervention. The information was collected through the adaptation of the WHO questionnaire “Global School-based Student Health Survey” (GSHS), with anthropometric variables, socioeconomic level, hygiene and eating habits. One hundred eight students from 5 to 13 years old from Arenitas del Mar School in Lima (Peru) participated. The educational intervention improved eating habits. Fruit and vegetable consumption 3 or more times/day (50.9%) increased after the educational intervention (49% vs. 62.9%,) p < 0.0001. There was an improvement in hygiene habits, such as the frequency of handwashing with soap (32.4% vs. 63.9%) and the frequency of weekly bathing 4–6 times/week (25% vs. 47.5%) p < 0.0001. The educational intervention promoted better healthy living behaviors, eating habits and hygiene. This kind of initiative is a crucial tool to establish healthy living habits.

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