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To Study the Awareness about Universal Health Precautions among Nursing Professionals in a Medical College Hospital of India

BACKGROUND: The universal health-care precautions (UHP) aim at preventing health-care workers contact with blood and other body fluids by performing various infection control practices such as handwashing, wearing gloves and mask, safe disposal of infectious waste, and safe cleansing of used instrum...

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Autores principales: Singh, Sukhbir, Vashisht, Madan Gopal, Malik, Ishwanti, Dahiya, Pushpa, Vashisht, Brij Mohan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8729278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35068734
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_97_21
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author Singh, Sukhbir
Vashisht, Madan Gopal
Malik, Ishwanti
Dahiya, Pushpa
Vashisht, Brij Mohan
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Vashisht, Madan Gopal
Malik, Ishwanti
Dahiya, Pushpa
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description BACKGROUND: The universal health-care precautions (UHP) aim at preventing health-care workers contact with blood and other body fluids by performing various infection control practices such as handwashing, wearing gloves and mask, safe disposal of infectious waste, and safe cleansing of used instruments. OBJECTIVE: The study was conducted to assess the knowledge and awareness among nursing professionals regarding UHPs. METHODOLOGY: It was a cross-sectional study done on nursing professionals across all seniority and from various specialties including superspecialties. A pretested questionnaire consisting of 25 questions was used as a study tool. RESULTS: There were a total of 550 respondents. The mean knowledge score of the respondents was 17.31 (range: 6–24). The mean score was 69.25% of the total achievable score. In the subgroup analysis, respondents above 60 years of age, married, females, urban residents, and nursing sisters scored better than the middle-aged professionals, unmarried, males, rural residents, and staff nurses. CONCLUSION: The study concludes important clues for further research and interventions. As the nursing professionals are learning about UHP from practical exposure rather than formal teaching, it is pertinent to address this issue through well-planned formal sessions of training workshops and lecture discussions.
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spelling pubmed-87292782022-01-20 To Study the Awareness about Universal Health Precautions among Nursing Professionals in a Medical College Hospital of India Singh, Sukhbir Vashisht, Madan Gopal Malik, Ishwanti Dahiya, Pushpa Vashisht, Brij Mohan Indian J Community Med Original Article BACKGROUND: The universal health-care precautions (UHP) aim at preventing health-care workers contact with blood and other body fluids by performing various infection control practices such as handwashing, wearing gloves and mask, safe disposal of infectious waste, and safe cleansing of used instruments. OBJECTIVE: The study was conducted to assess the knowledge and awareness among nursing professionals regarding UHPs. METHODOLOGY: It was a cross-sectional study done on nursing professionals across all seniority and from various specialties including superspecialties. A pretested questionnaire consisting of 25 questions was used as a study tool. RESULTS: There were a total of 550 respondents. The mean knowledge score of the respondents was 17.31 (range: 6–24). The mean score was 69.25% of the total achievable score. In the subgroup analysis, respondents above 60 years of age, married, females, urban residents, and nursing sisters scored better than the middle-aged professionals, unmarried, males, rural residents, and staff nurses. CONCLUSION: The study concludes important clues for further research and interventions. As the nursing professionals are learning about UHP from practical exposure rather than formal teaching, it is pertinent to address this issue through well-planned formal sessions of training workshops and lecture discussions. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021 2021-12-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8729278/ /pubmed/35068734 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_97_21 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Indian Journal of Community Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Vashisht, Madan Gopal
Malik, Ishwanti
Dahiya, Pushpa
Vashisht, Brij Mohan
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title_fullStr To Study the Awareness about Universal Health Precautions among Nursing Professionals in a Medical College Hospital of India
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title_short To Study the Awareness about Universal Health Precautions among Nursing Professionals in a Medical College Hospital of India
title_sort to study the awareness about universal health precautions among nursing professionals in a medical college hospital of india
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8729278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35068734
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_97_21
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