Narula Himanshu, Chikara Gaurav, Nautiyal Sulekha, Singh Malvika, Chandola Iva
Department of Microbiology, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Dehradun, IND.
Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Rishikesh, IND.
Cureus. 2024 Nov 30;16(11):e74812. doi: 10.7759/cureus.74812. eCollection 2024 Nov.
Healthcare-associated infections or nosocomial infections are considered to be one of the leading causes of increased morbidity and mortality in patients. Hand hygiene is one of the simplest and most effective infection control measures to prevent nosocomial infections. Medical and paramedical students are the foundation of any healthcare system. So, induction and further training during the study period are required to build a robust healthcare system with responsible clinicians.
To access the knowledge, attitude, and practices of hand hygiene among medical and paramedical students at a tertiary care hospital in Uttarakhand.
A cross-sectional study was done among medical and paramedical students in a tertiary care center at Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The total number of study participants was 216, surveyed through a standard WHO-hand hygiene questionnaire. The questionnaire was circulated among students through Google Forms consisting of a total of 26 questions on demographics, knowledge, perception, and practices of hand hygiene. Statistical analyses were performed using Stata software, version 11 (Stata Corp., College Station, TX, USA).
The overall knowledge score for hand hygiene in medical students was 16.73 whereas it was 15.17 among paramedical students. According to categories of knowledge it was found to be moderate in 48% (82 out of 147) of the medical students and 63.31% (43 out of 69) of the paramedical students. Both the groups perceived that hand hygiene is an important measure to prevent hospital-acquired infections whereas the practices were not so good in both the groups.
The present study reveals that there were knowledge gaps between medical and paramedical students regarding knowledge of hand hygiene. Overall scores were better among medical students as compared to paramedical students. Moderate knowledge scores in both groups emphasize a regular need for induction training of the students in the institute.
医疗保健相关感染或医院感染被认为是患者发病率和死亡率上升的主要原因之一。手部卫生是预防医院感染最简单、最有效的感染控制措施之一。医学和准医学专业学生是任何医疗保健系统的基础。因此，在学习期间进行入职培训和进一步培训对于建立一个由有责任感的临床医生组成的强大医疗保健系统至关重要。
了解北阿坎德邦一家三级护理医院的医学和准医学专业学生对手部卫生的知识、态度和实践情况。
在北阿坎德邦德拉敦的一家三级护理中心对医学和准医学专业学生进行了一项横断面研究。研究参与者总数为216人，通过世界卫生组织标准的手部卫生调查问卷进行调查。该问卷通过谷歌表单分发给学生，表单共有26个关于人口统计学、手部卫生知识、认知和实践的问题。使用Stata软件11版（美国德克萨斯州大学站市Stata公司）进行统计分析。
医学生手部卫生的总体知识得分是16.73，而准医学专业学生为15.17。根据知识类别，48%（147人中有82人）的医学生和63.31%（69人中有43人）的准医学专业学生的知识水平为中等。两组都认为手部卫生是预防医院获得性感染的重要措施，但两组的实践情况都不太理想。
本研究表明，医学和准医学专业学生在手部卫生知识方面存在差距。与准医学专业学生相比，医学生的总体得分更高。两组中等的知识得分强调了该机构对学生进行入职培训的经常性需求。
