Knowledge, practice and attitude towards standard isolation precautions in Iranian medical students

Askarian, Mehrdad; Honarvar, Behnam; Tabatabaee, Hamidreza; Assadian, Ojan

doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2004.07.004

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“…13 Other studies have found that this disparity between knowledge and practice could be due to the unavailability of protective barriers, inadequate equipment, and carelessness, malpractice of senior colleagues or interference of devices with working skills. 14 Though overall the knowledge was lesser than desired but the further disparity between knowledge and practice clearly shows that knowledge of transmission pathways and a positive attitude towards infection control measures alone does not influence compliance with current recommendations of infection control.…”

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Infection control practices in health care: Teaching and learning requirements of medical undergraduates

Ayub

Goyal

Kotwal

et al. 2013

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

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a b s t r a c tBackground: Compliance and implementation of infection control guidelines have been recognized as efficient means to prevent and control hospital acquired infections. Objectives: To evaluate knowledge and practices about infection control guidelines amongst medical students and to explore their education needs as perceived by them and faculty. Methods: A total of 160 final year students and 100 faculty members of one of the top medical colleges in India were selected by simple random sampling in each group as per sample size of 143 students (alpha 0.05, error 7%, prevalence 60%) and 99 (error 7.5%) faculty. Data collected by pilot-tested, unlinked, anonymous questionnaire. Results: Amongst students, knowledge (77.50%; 95% CI, 70.24e83.72) was mixed with misconceptions. Only 31.25% always followed hand hygiene procedure; 50% recapped needles; disposal of hazardous material into designated containers always was low (sharps 20%, contaminated items 25%). Despite experiencing needle stick injury (6.25%) and splashes (40%), less than 30% reported these as 44% were unaware of reporting procedure. The discord between the perceptions of faculty regarding students and students' own perceptions was clearly evident (all Kappa values less than 0.50). Students and faculty agreed on workshops (58.13% and 58%) and reinforcement by colleagues (51% and 54%) but not on on-job training (51% and 34%) and part of curriculum (48% and 40%) for teachingelearning infection control. Conclusion: Tackling disconnect between students and faculty perceptions and empowering students with knowledge and skills in infection control is important. Approach needs to be researched and formulated as current methods seem to be inadequate. Available online at www.sciencedirect.com journal homepage: w ww.el sevier.com/locate/mjafi m e d i c a l j o u r n a l a r m e d f o r c e s i n d i a 6 9 ( 2 0 1 3 ) 1 0 7 e1 1 2

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Infection control practices in health care: Teaching and learning requirements of medical undergraduates

Ayub

Goyal

Kotwal

et al. 2013

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

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“…A study by Janjua et al (12) with healthcare workers in Pakistan has shown that education about infections leads to improved use of universal precautions against bloodborne pathogens. As students of medicine or nursing as also exposed to the risk of contracting bloodborne infections, education on infection control should also include them (13).…”

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Knowledge of HCV Infection Among Nursing Students of the Medical College of Bitola

Prodanovska-Stojcevska

Isjanovska

Popova-Ramova

2010

Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology

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Healthcare workers are at risk of occupationally-acquired viral infections such as human immunodefi ciency virus (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV), and hepatitis C (HCV). HCV is parenterally transmitted and has been found in every part of the world. This cross-sectional study was conducted to establish the awareness and attitude about HCV infections among 210 full-time and part-time nursing students of the Medical College in Bitola, Macedonia 'from May to June 2009. For this purpose we used a self-administered questionnaire which consisted of three parts. The fi rst included demographic data, the second included questions about causes of infection, mode of transmission, symptoms, acute and chronic hepatitis, and prevention, and the third questions about students' attitude toward patients with suspect or confi rmed HCV infection. Full-time students showed higher HCV awareness (84 %) than part-time students (69 %). 58 % of the full-time and 79 % of the part-time students said they would not avoid professional contact with suspect or HCV infected patients. Our study has shown that even though both groups of students have a suffi cient knowledge about HCV to face future challenges, they need further education on the subject. Practical recommendations would help to reduce stigmatising behaviour still further. KEY WORDS: bloodborne pathogens, healthcare workers, occupational riskProdanovska-Stojčevska V, et al.

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“…Few studies have reported on medical student's knowledge of standard precautions or sharp injuries [9] [10] [11] and noted a lack of adequate knowledge of standard precautions [11]. In one survey, 27% of participating health care students reported insufficient emphasis on teaching about infection control in their training program, whilst 50% expressed a desire for more emphasis on isolation procedures during their training [12].…”

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Knowledge Attitude and Practice towards Infection Control Measures amongst Medical Students in a Medical Teaching Tertiary Care Hospital

Chauhan¹

2017

IJCM

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Introduction: Health care associated infections (HAIs) are likely to be the most common complication of hospital care. World Health Organization (WHO) estimates these infections to occur among 7% -12% of the hospitalized patients globally, with more than 1.4 million people suffering from infectious complications acquired in the hospital at any time. Keeping this in mind, the present study was conducted to delineate the level of knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) for the use of proper disinfection procedures among the final year undergraduate medical students in a tertiary care hospital and teaching institute. Methodology: Present study was conducted at Government Medical College, Surat, a tertiary care hospital and teaching institute. The participants who gave consent were provided with a pre-tested questionnaire that included several questions on knowledge attitude and practices on hospital acquired infections and its control practices. Analysis of the answers was done based on KAP score. Result: 80 students who consented were included in the study. 75% of the study population had correct knowledge about the most common health care associated infections (HAIs), being infection of venous access, urinary tract infection, respiratory infections and surgical site infections, based on their current knowledge on hospital acquired infections. Majority of study participants agreed with the fact that the inappropriate application of disinfection procedures increases the risk for a health care worker of either acquiring or transmitting a HAI from/to a patient. >90% participants had a good attitude towards risk of getting or transmitting any infectious disease by a Health care worker (HCW) while working and the utility of the application of disinfection procedures during work would reduce the rates of HAI. Practices of the students towards disinfection during performance of certain medical procedures ranged from 10% to 88% of the times showing poor practices of the medical students in following disinfection practices. Conclusion: In the present study the knowledge of medical students for the most common cause of hospital acquired infection was satisfactory. The overall attitude of the students was satisfactory as the mean score was 8. The practices of the students for the application of disinfection during performance of certain medical procedures were also satisfactory, although time to time training and tutorials of these students can help in increasing their knowledge, attitude and practices.

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Knowledge, practice and attitude towards standard isolation precautions in Iranian medical students

Cited by 50 publications

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Infection control practices in health care: Teaching and learning requirements of medical undergraduates

Infection control practices in health care: Teaching and learning requirements of medical undergraduates

Knowledge of HCV Infection Among Nursing Students of the Medical College of Bitola

Knowledge Attitude and Practice towards Infection Control Measures amongst Medical Students in a Medical Teaching Tertiary Care Hospital

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