Knowledge and practice of hand hygiene between 1st Year and 3rd Year nursing students from selected nursing institution of Gangtok, Sikkim
Journal Title: Clinical and Experimental Pathology Research - Year 2018, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: Hand hygiene in the health care setting has been encouraged for generations and is recommended as a single most important procedure for preventing the transmission of infection. It includes hand washing, which is the act of cleaning one’s hands for the purpose of removing soil, dirt and microorganisms. The study aimed at assessing and comparing the knowledge and practice of hand hygiene among nursing students from selected nursing institution of Gangtok, Sikkim. Material and method: The investigators adopted a non- experimental descriptive comparative research design using purposive sampling technique. Two tools i.e; structured knowledge questionnaire and observational checklist were developed and sent for validation. Pretesting and reliability were done which was found to be r = 0.8. The data collection from 100 nursing students (50 from 1st year and 50 from 3rd year) was done after getting permission from the Institutional ethics committee and written consent from the participants. Results: The study revealed that, out of 50 samples from each 1st year and 3rd year, majority 76% (38) and 90% (45) respectively had average knowledge and majority 100% (50) and 98% (49) respectively had good practice regarding hand hygiene. There was weak positive co relation, (r = 0.24) between knowledge and practice of hand hygiene. There was no significant association between knowledge of hand hygiene with selected demographic variables whereas, there was significant association between practice of hand hygiene with age, current year and parent’s occupational status. Conclusion: Based on the results of the present study it was concluded that both 1st year and 3rd year nursing students had average knowledge and good practice. There was co-relation between knowledge and practice of hand hygiene between 1st year and 3rd year nursing students and significant association between practices of hand hygiene with selected demographic variables. The study concluded that we nurses are the main health care personnel who are exposed with the patient frequently and so it is important to have knowledge regarding hand hygiene and to practice hand washing, which is one of the priorities need in preventing Hospital Acquired Infection.
Authors and Affiliations
Srijana Gurung, Rimpy Gurung, Sumiran Nepal, Preejana Sharma, Trishala Pradhan, Nikita Gurung, Swarnim Basnett, Sonika Subba, Tenzing Norzing, Jotshna Pradhan, Priyanka Pradhan, Divya Chapagain, Arkierupaia Shadap, Passang Chiki Sherpa
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