Emphasizing importance of hand hygiene and hand wash for better patient care management by future doctors, interns.

Dr. Rima kapoor; Dr. Summaiya Mullan

Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2017

Emphasizing importance of hand hygiene and hand wash for better patient care management by future doctors, interns.

Dr. Rima Kapoor, Dr. Summaiya Mullan

Abstract :

Objectives:–

1) To assess the knowledge of interns working in the tertiary care hospital.

2) To provide training regarding hand hygiene and hand wash to them.

3) To analyse the effect of training.

Methodology:– A prospective cross sectional qualitative study was designed after obtaining ethical approval. Each participant was allotted a dummy number along with a questionnaire before and after the training. Scores of their pre–training and post–training tests were summed up and statistical analysis was done using Paired T test. The mean score of Pre–training questionnaire was 5.96 ± 2.15 and that of post training questionnaire was 11.4 ± 1.66 which was significant statistically.

Summary:– In our study, hands on training does impart better learning and understanding of the significance of hand hygiene in clinical practice. Training and continuous knowledge should be imparted to prevent and minimize Hospital acquired infection.