TAILIEUCHUNG - Hand hygiene knowledge, attitude and practices among postgraduates and Crris in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Chennai, India

The importance of hands in the transmission of hospital infections has been well demonstrated and hand hygiene reduces the prevalence of hospital acquired infections. The study was designed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, practices and satisfaction of the available facilities among Postgraduates and CRRIs and to identify the gaps in hand hygiene practices and to implement an Institutional program on hand hygiene policy. A self-administered questionnaire was used. The study was conducted between September 2018 and November 2018. A total of 275 participants (148 Postgraduates and 127 CRRIs) participated in the study. Data was analyzed using Microsoft excel 2010 software. Pearson chi-square test was used to check for statistically significant differences. A p-value of less than was considered significant. Majority had moderate knowledge () whereas postgraduates had better knowledge than CRRIs. The study population had moderate attitude () and practices (44%). Postgraduates had good attitude and practices than the CRRIs. suggested improvement of the available facilities. A need for hand hygiene training program and multifaceted interventional behavioral program particularly for the medical students to improve the compliance. | Hand hygiene knowledge, attitude and practices among postgraduates and Crris in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Chennai, India

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• Hand hygiene
• Hospital acquired infections
• Practices among postgraduates
• Crris in a Tertiary Care Hospital
• Microsoft excel 2010 software
• A handbook for medical professionals
• Medical professionals
• Associated infection
• Historical perspectives
• Hand transmission
• Hand hygiene agents
• Health care associated infections
• Medical students
• Hand hygiene practices
• Knowledge levels
• Resident flora
• Steps of hygienic handwash
• Tertiary care medical college hospital
• Hand hygiene to reduce transient flora
• Healthcare associated infections
• Nosocomial infections
• Tertiary care hospital
• Health care personnel
• Hand washing
• Dominant and non dominant hands
• Microbial flora
• Microbial flora of dominant
• BMC Pediatrics
• Elementary school
• Illness related absences
• Hand hygiene facilities
• Performance feedback
• Human factors design
• Institutional safety climate
• Anticholinergics
• Glucocorticotherapy
• Leukotriene Antagonists
• Omalizumab and Specific Allergen
• Sustained Vowe
• Fold Vibration
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• công trình nghiên cứu về y học
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• cách trình bày báo cáo
• Intestinal parasite
• Formol ether method
• Ascarias lumbricoides
• Gauhati medical college and hospital
• Health care worker
• Bio medical waste
• BMC Pulmonary Medicine
• Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
• Nosocomial infection
• Infection control