A study to assess Knowledge on Hand Hygiene among Medical Students of a Tertiary Care Hospital of Udaipur, Rajasthan

Chandan Mal Fatehpuria; Kavita Pannikar; Ankit Bhagora; GL Bunkar

Volume : VIII, Issue : XI, November - 2019

A study to assess Knowledge on Hand Hygiene among Medical Students of a Tertiary Care Hospital of Udaipur, Rajasthan

Chandan Mal Fatehpuria, Kavita Pannikar, Ankit Bhagora, Gl Bunkar

Abstract :

Background: Hand hygiene is considered the single most cost–effective public health measure for preventing healthcare associated infection. Introduction of an evidence–based concept of “My five moments for hand hygiene” by World Health Organization has helped to address the problem to good extent. This concept has been effectively used to improve understanding, training, monitoring, and reporting hand hygiene among healthcare workers. Methods: It was a cross sectional study and purposive sampling method was used to select study subjects. After taking informed consent, a pre–validated questionnaire was distributed. All data was collected by using hand hygiene knowledge questionnaires for Health care workers designed by WHO and analyzed using percentage. Results: Study revealed moderate knowledge about hand hygiene practices among the medical students. Definitely there is gap in the knowledge regarding hand hygiene amongst study subjects. Conclusion: Hand hygiene awareness amongst medical students should be achieved by conducting awareness programs like CMEs, workshops, seminars etc. The improved understanding of infection control and hand hygiene among medical students is expected to play a major role in curbing the disease transmission when the students pass out and join the healthcare settings in future.