Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice of child abuse amongst health care professionals working in tertiary care hospitals of Karachi, Pakistan

Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) is a common healthcare-related infection occurring in patients admitted for various ailments. Approximately 80% of hospital acquired Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are catheter associated. The purpose of the current research was to find out the level of knowledge, attitude and practice on prevention of CAUTI among healthcare professionals working in tertiary care hospital. A descriptive study was done among 95 health care working in tertiary care hospital in Chennai. The researchers administered standard questionnaire and statistically explored the knowledge, attitude, and practice levels about prevention of CAUTI among the participants. Among 95 participants, 28.4% and 71.6% of the individuals had moderately adequate knowledge and adequate knowledge about CAUTI. About 4.2% of the participants had unfavourable, 88.4% had moderately favourable and 7.4% had favourable attitude towards prevention of CAUTI. About 4.2% of the individuals had moderately adequate and 95.8% had adequate practice towards the prevention of CAUTI. There was significant correlation between attitude and practice. The professional experience of the participants showed statistically significant association with the level of practice among the demographic variables. In our present study, we found out that health care professionals had adequate knowledge, attitude, and practice on prevention of CAUTI. Medical education programs, frequent auditing with a checklist about catheter care must be conducted to maintain the achieved knowledge and practice levels.

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Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice of health-care professionals in adverse drug reaction reporting in a tertiary care hospital

Medical Journal of Dr D Y Patil Vidyapeeth ◽

10.4103/mjdrdypu.mjdrdypu_75_19 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 356

Author(s):

Shiv Kumar ◽

SJ Sooraj Babu ◽

Anju Wilson

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Adverse Drug Reaction ◽

Drug Reaction ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

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Knowledge attitude and practice study on biomedical waste management among health care professionals and paramedical students in a Tertiary Care Government Hospital in South India

International Journal of Environmental Health Engineering ◽

10.4103/2277-9183.132683 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 11

Author(s):

VetrivelChezian Sengodan ◽

KH Amruth

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Waste Management ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

South India ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Government Hospital ◽

Biomedical Waste ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Practice Study ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

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Educational Intervention to Improve the Knowledge, Attitude, Practices of Health Care Professionals and Students Regarding the Pharmacovigilance in Tertiary Care Hospitals

International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health ◽

10.9734/ijtdh/2021/v42i1830535 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 30-36

Author(s):

M. Pramod Kumar ◽

T. Sasi Kumar ◽

C. Indira ◽

K. Gayatri ◽

B. Hima Bindhu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Educational Intervention ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Attitudes And Practices ◽

Adr Reporting ◽

Kap Survey ◽

Tertiary Care Hospitals ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Introduction: An adverse drug reaction (ADR) is any noxious, unintended, and undesired effect of a drug, which occurs at the doses which are used in humans for prophylaxis, diagnosis, or therapy, which is reported by ‘‘the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other drug-related problem” known as PV. ADRs are significantly underreported worldwide. A KAP survey usually conducted to collect information on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices about general and/or specific topics of a particular population. Aim and Objectives: To evaluate the KAP studies on the educational intervention to improve the knowledge, attitude, practice of health care professionals and students regarding the pharmacovigilance in tertiary care hospitals. To evaluate, assess and evaluate the measures the knowledge, attitude and practice of PV among students and Health Care Professionals in tertiary care hospital of India. Methods: Pharmacists and HCPs were asked to complete a paper-based 21 item questionnaire. Results: A total of 250 pharmacists received the questionnaire and 214 agreed to participate, giving a response rate of 85.6%. In knowledge, component of ADR were known by 71.2% and the term PV and ADR were answered correctly (97.3%). In practice 55.9% attended the PV workshop and 88.8% were willing to implement ADR reporting in practice. Conclusion: Most of the participants had relatively better knowledge and practice towards PV and ADR reporting. Majority of the health care professional felt ADR reporting to be important. The study also shows, after counseling to them we got better response and results than before. The finding of our study suggests that there is scope for improving the ongoing Pharmacovigilance activities in India. There is a need for continuing educational initiatives for pharmacist and other health care professionals.

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Factors influencing observation of standard precautions among nursing staff in tertiary care setting in Mangalore

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20175817 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 377

Author(s):

Anusha Rashmi ◽

Rashmi Kundapur

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Nursing Staff ◽

Nursing Practice ◽

Good Practice ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Standard Precautions ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Increased Risk ◽

Tertiary Care Hospitals ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: Health care professionals and particularly nurses are often exposed to microorganisms, many of which can cause serious infections. Although the potential for HBV transmission in the workplace setting is greater than for HIV, the mode of transmission for these two viruses are the same. Because of the environment in which they work, many health care workers are at an increased risk of accidental needle stick injuries (NSI) and blood borne pathogens such as HIV, Hep B, and HCV. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of standard precautions among nursing staff working in 5 tertiary care hospitals attached to teaching institutions in Mangalore and to assess the factors associated with non-compliance with standard precautions among nursesMethods: The study was done in 5 tertiary care hospitals attached to teaching institutions in Mangalore among the working nursing staff in these hospitals. A pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect the information regarding knowledge, attitude and practice and the reasons for non-adherence to standard precautions. Results: Regarding standard precautions 66.7% had a good knowledge, 74.7% had good practice and 87.3% had a positive attitude towards it. 26.34% attributed noncompliance to excess workload. Increasing age and increase in duration of nursing practice showed a significant increase in KAP scores. Conclusions: The duration of nursing practice influenced the knowledge and the compliance to standard precautions.

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