Knowledge and Practice of Standard Precautions and Awareness Regarding Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV among Interns of a Medical College in West Bengal, India

Mukherjee, Shuvankar; Bhattacharyya, A; Sharmasarkar, Biswanath; Goswami, Dipendra Narayan; Ghosh, Santanu; Samanta, Amrita

doi:10.5001/omj.2013.38

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“…15 Further research showed that nurses working in BPKMCH were less aware of the first aid management in comparison to the previous study. 16 Most of the respondents have knowledge on body fluids, which are considered as high risk for HIV transmission. A similar finding was reported in Medical College in West Bengal of India, which showed that pleural fluid was considered infectious by 53%, cerebrospinal fluid by 55% and synovial fluid by 37%, whereas 53% considered peritoneal fluid, 79% breast milk, 14% saliva, 27% urine, 27% feces, and 21% vomits to be infectious.…”

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Knowledge regarding postexposure prophylaxis of HIV among nurses

Dhital¹,

Sharma²,

Poudel³

et al. 2017

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Fifty nurses working in BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, Bharatpur, were selected by probability simple random sampling technique for determining the knowledge level about postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) of HIV among nurses during 2014. A descriptive design, semistructured self-administered questionnaire was used for the study. The study showed that 48% of respondents had knowledge on the meaning of PEP, only 39.39% respondents were aware of the first aid management getting needle prick injury, 60% were aware of the best time to start PEP of HIV and 56% respondents had knowledge about the time schedule of HIV test after exposure. Although the respondents answered most of the questions correctly, they had knowledge deficit in certain areas. The respondents' knowledge in this regard needs to be improved with time-to-time awareness program and periodic training, which ultimately helps to decrease the transmission of disease and reduces mortality and morbidity.

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Knowledge regarding postexposure prophylaxis of HIV among nurses

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Poudel³

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“…Whereas in a study by Mukherjee S et al showed that 89.2% of study participants knew appropriate sharp disposal and 83.1% knew that recapping of used needles should not be done which were very high compared to our study. 9 In the same study by Mukherjee S et al it was shown that 68.5% of study participants correctly knew the time of initiation of PEP for HIV, 69.2% knew PEP regimen correctly which were very high. 9 Whereas in our study 44% answered correctly the time of initiation and 23% knew correct recent NACO regimen.…”

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“…9 In the same study by Mukherjee S et al it was shown that 68.5% of study participants correctly knew the time of initiation of PEP for HIV, 69.2% knew PEP regimen correctly which were very high. 9 Whereas in our study 44% answered correctly the time of initiation and 23% knew correct recent NACO regimen.…”

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A study on prevalence of occupational exposure to HIV among medical interns and their knowledge, attitude and practice of post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV in a teaching hospital

Raghavendra

Viveki

2016

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Every day thousands of healthcare workers around the world suffer accidental occupational exposures while managing patients. Interns take maximum load of providing medical care in the in-patient and out-patient departments of any medical college and are thus at a great risk of occupational exposure to all kinds of blood borne pathogens including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We aimed to assess the prevalence of occupational exposure to HIV among medical interns and their knowledge, attitude and practice regarding post exposure prophylaxis of HIV. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among all (94) medical Interns who were working in BIMS hospital Belagavi, Karnataka, India during September and October 2015. Data was collected using self-administered questionnaire, which had 18 questions to assess knowledge and 8 questions to assess attitude and 13 questions to assess practice related to occupational exposure and utilization of post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for HIV. Results: Majority of them i.e., 59 (62.7%) had adequate knowledge and 91 (96.80%) had good attitude towards occupational exposure to HIV and PEP for HIV whereas practice was poor. Out of 94 study participants, 16 (17%) had occupational exposure to HIV out of which 5 (5.13%) had taken PEP for HIV but none of them completed the course. Conclusions: There is considerable gap between knowledge and practice against occupational exposure to HIV and inadequate knowledge of post-exposure prophylaxis of HIV emphasizes the need for continuous onsite training of interns with supportive supervision and monitoring of their activities.

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“…There were no studies to compare the fi ndings of the present study regarding awareness about and personal protection from EVD in health care providers, though Nkoghe et al in his study in Africa did show that increased awareness helped in early interruption of spread of EVD. [7] The knowledge among health care providers about the importance of personal protection from Ebola virus in the present study is comparable to that seen in other infectious diseases such as HIV [11] and swine fl u. [12] The study had some limitations.…”

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Ebola virus: Awareness about the disease and personal protective measures among junior doctors of a tertiary hospital in Delhi, India

Daral¹,

Singh²,

Khokhar³

2015

Int J Med Public Health

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Introduction:The Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa in 2014 has affected >8 countries in the world and claimed >6000 lives so far. Health professionals are at increased risk of acquiring infection while attending to patients. Aims and Objectives: The present study aimed to determine the awareness about epidemiology of and role of personal protection measures from EVD among junior doctors of a tertiary hospital in Delhi, India. Materials and Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information from the study participants. A total of 225 out of 370 junior doctors were included in the study. Results: All the study participants had heard about EVD, but only four-fi fth of them were aware of the correct route of transmission and source of infection of EVD. Only 40% of the study participants knew that reservoir of infection of EVD existed. >80% of the study participants felt the need for quarantine and restriction on travel to affected areas for control of the spread of EVD outbreak. Only 64% of the study participants knew that presently only supportive management exists for EVD and no approved vaccine is available. Almost 90% of the study participants emphasized on the role of personal protection in the prevention of the spread of EVD. Conclusion: The knowledge of junior doctors was sub-optimal and despite the stress on universal work precautions, not all felt the need to follow them for this disease which has such a high case fatality rate.

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Knowledge and Practice of Standard Precautions and Awareness Regarding Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV among Interns of a Medical College in West Bengal, India

Abstract: The considerable gap between knowledge and practice of standard precautions and inadequate knowledge of post-exposure prophylaxis emphasizes the need for continuous onsite training of interns with supportive supervision and monitoring of their activities.

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Knowledge regarding postexposure prophylaxis of HIV among nurses

Knowledge regarding postexposure prophylaxis of HIV among nurses

A study on prevalence of occupational exposure to HIV among medical interns and their knowledge, attitude and practice of post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV in a teaching hospital

Ebola virus: Awareness about the disease and personal protective measures among junior doctors of a tertiary hospital in Delhi, India

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