Open AccessAssessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) among Health Care Professionals Working in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital
Author(s) -
Pandian Balu,
Divya Ravikumar,
Virudhunagar Muthuprakash Somasunder,
Sumetha Suga Deiva Suga,
Poonguzhali Sivagananam,
Vasantha Priya Jeyasheelan,
Radhika Nalinakumari Sreekandan,
Kavin Mozhi James,
Savithri Kanganda Bopaiah,
Udayakumari Meesala Chelladurai,
Manuel Raj Kumar,
Poongodi Chellapandian,
Narmatha Sundharesan,
K. Murugesan,
Vahithamala Kunasekaran,
Kayalvizhi Kumaravel,
Rejili Grace Joy Manickaraj,
Vishnu Priya Veeraraghvan,
Surapaneni Krishna Mohan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pure and applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.149
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2581-690X
pISSN - 0973-7510
DOI - 10.22207/jpam.15.1.28
Subject(s) - checklist , medicine , health care , audit , infection control , family medicine , tertiary care , health professionals , nursing , psychology , intensive care medicine , management , economics , cognitive psychology , economic growth
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.