Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Hand Hygiene among Medical and Nursing Students at a Tertiary Health Care Centre in Raichur, India | Zendy

Sreejith S. Nair | Zendy; Ramesh Hanumantappa | Zendy; Shashidhar Gurushantswamy Hiremath | Zendy; Mohammed Asaduddin Siraj | Zendy; Pooja Raghunath | Zendy

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Hand Hygiene among Medical and Nursing Students at a Tertiary Health Care Centre in Raichur, India

Author(s) -

Sreejith S. Nair,

Ramesh Hanumantappa,

Shashidhar Gurushantswamy Hiremath,

Mohammed Asaduddin Siraj,

Pooja Raghunath

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

isrn preventive medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2090-8784

DOI - 10.1155/2014/608927

Subject(s) - hygiene , medicine , tertiary care , hand washing , nursing , cross sectional study , family medicine , test (biology) , transmission (telecommunications) , health care , pathology , paleontology , economic growth , economics , electrical engineering , biology , engineering

Background. Hand hygiene is recognized as the leading measure to prevent cross-transmission of microorganisms. Regarding hospital acquired infections, the compliance of nurses with hand washing guidelines seems to be vital in preventing the disease transmission among patients. There is a paucity of studies exploring this subject in Asia. Especially medical and nursing student's knowledge of standard hand hygiene precautions is rarely compared. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 98 medical and 46 nursing students in a tertiary medical college in India. Knowledge was assessed using WHO hand hygiene questionnaire. Attitude and practices were evaluated by using another self-structured questionnaire. Z test was used to compare the percentage of correct responses between medical and nursing students. A P value less than 0.05 was considered significant. Results. Only 9% of participants (13 out of 144) had good knowledge regarding hand hygiene. Nursing students knowledge ( P = 0.023) , attitude ( P = 0.023), and practices ( P < 0.05) were significantly better than medical students.

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