Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: November | Volume: 10 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 35-39
Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude of Staff Regarding Hospital Acquired Infection in Gorakhpur, District Uttar Pradesh
Shilpa Vishwakarma1, Akanksha Singh2, Neena Gupta3
1PG student, 2Assistant Professor, 3Assistant Professor,
Department of Public Health, Shalom Institute of Health and Allied Sciences, SHUATS, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
Corresponding Author: Shilpa Vishwakarma
ABSTRACT
Background: Nosocomial infections are known as “Hospital acquired infections”. A nosocomial infection can be defined as: "An infection acquired in hospital by a patient who is admitted for a reason other than infection.
Objective: To assess the knowledge and practice of the staffs in hospital care.
Method: A descriptive study was conducted in 4 private hospitals of Gorakhpur, District of Uttar Pradesh from 1stJanuary to 30th June 2019 with pre-tested interview schedule for collecting the data. Simple random sampling method was used for selecting the respondents and Gorakhpur district was selected purposively. Data collection was carried out from selected hospitals.
Results: In this study a sample of 246 respondents were selected , 73.2 per cent respondents aged between 20-30 years, were 90.65 per cent were females & 9.3 percent were male, this shows that number of females were more as compared to the males. Maximum 98.4 per cent of the respondents belonged to Uttar Pradesh.
Conclusion: It was concluded in the present study that the following measures can help in reducing hospital borne infection like hand washing which is the most convenient way for minimizing the hospital borne infection, and the poor practices of hand washing increases the chances of infection. Personal protective equipments (PPE) minimize exposure to hazards that can cause serious workplace injuries and illness.
Key words: Hospital acquired infection, nosocomial infection