Assessment of the knowledge and practices regarding standard precaution among nursing staff at a tertiary care hospital of Raipur city, Chhattisgarh

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dc.contributor.authorRochwani, Rituen_US
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Minien_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-06T08:38:54Z
dc.date.available2020-05-06T08:38:54Z
dc.date.issued2019-04
dc.description.abstractBackground: Nurses as healthcare providers obliged to protect herself and patients against infections. Therefore, nurses should have knowledge and strict adherence to standard precautions. Hence, this study was undertaken to assess the knowledge and practices of nursing staff regarding standard precautions. Aims and objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge of nursing staff regarding standard precaution and to observe the practices of nursing staff regarding standard precaution.Methods: This was a cross sectional study conducted among staff nurses working in Bhim Rao Ambedkar Memorial Hospital, Raipur, and Chhattisgarh, from January to March 2017 among 100 staff nurses. Pretested predesigned semi-structured questionnaires were used. Data collected were entered in Microsoft excel sheet. The statistical analysis was done by using epi info 7. Frequencies and percentage were presented for categorical variables.Results: The overall knowledge regarding standard precaution were excellent (>75% score) in 8% nurses. Good knowledge (50 to 75%) in 83% and average (25 to 50%) in 9%. The Practises regarding standard precautions among the nurses were good in 72%, excellent in 17% and average in 11%.Conclusions: Based on the findings of the present study, it can be concluded that in spite of having good knowledge regarding standard precaution among the nurses, practices were not to up to the mark.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, 1East Point College of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bangalore, Karnatakaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsPt. Jawahar lal Nehru Memorial medical college Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationRochwani Ritu, Sharma Mini. Assessment of the knowledge and practices regarding standard precaution among nursing staff at a tertiary care hospital of Raipur city, Chhattisgarh. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 2019 Apr; 6(4): 1516-1521en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-6032
dc.identifier.issn2394-6040
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/201138
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber4en_US
dc.relation.volume6en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20191377en_US
dc.subjectStandard precautionsen_US
dc.subjectNursesen_US
dc.subjectKnowledge and practicesen_US
dc.titleAssessment of the knowledge and practices regarding standard precaution among nursing staff at a tertiary care hospital of Raipur city, Chhattisgarhen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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