Knowledge, Practice, and Attitude Among Iranian Nurses, Midwives, and Students Regarding Standard Isolation Precautions

2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehrdad Askarian ◽  
Ziad A. Memish ◽  
Ashraf A. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Infection Control ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Standard Precautions ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Control Programs ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Knowledge Practice ◽  
Control Education ◽  
Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

Our goal was to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding infection control and standard precautions among a group of nursing and midwifery instructors and students in Iran. A survey questionnaire was completed by 273 nursing and midwifery instructors and students at Shiraz University Medical Sciences during the period from May to November 2002. Two hundred thirty-one (90.9%) of the participants reported that they needed additional infection control education, especially on standard isolation precautions. There was a linear positive correlation between knowledge, practice, and attitude scores for the group of nursing, auxiliary nursing, and midwifery instructors, as well as their students (P < .05). Our study shows that there is an urgent need for evaluating education on infection control practices and standard precautions in general, as well as for structured infection control programs among nursing and midwifery staff.

Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Healthcare Providers Regarding Infection Control at Tertiary Care Hospital

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 3492-3495
Author(s):  
Muhammad Uzair ◽  
Umar Khalid ◽  
Muhammad Shahbaz ◽  
Nehal Khan ◽  
Niaz Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Infection Control ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Nosocomial Infections ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Standard Precautions ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

Background: Nosocomial infections are the major cause of high morbidity and mortality in developing countries like Pakistan. Standard precautions; based on good self-care practices, adequate knowledge and positive attitude can decrease the consequences of nosocomial infections. Objective: The objective of the study is to know about the knowledge, attitudes and practices of health care providers regarding infection control in Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar. Method: This was descriptive cross-sectional study conducted at Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar. In the health care providers we included doctors, nurses, pathologists and paramedics. Convenient sampling technique was used. After taking informed consent, the adopted questionnaires were filled from participants regarding knowledge, attitudes and practices about infection control. Results: Out of total 88 health-care workers, 44.3 % were male and 55.7% were females. On average, 83% of the participants are knowledgeable about the mode of transmission of infectious diseases while 96.6% of the participants responded that transmission based precautions help in infection control however, 98.9% of the respondents say PPE and following of standard precautions play a vital role in infection control. On average, 56% of health care workers say that there is a lack of PPE and 92% of HCWs wash their hands before and after the procedure. The overall use of PPE was 80.7 % however 75 % of the HCWs did the practice of recapping the needles after using. Conclusion: The overall knowledge, attitude and practices of the responding health care providers were good. Keywords: Knowledge; Attitude; Practices; Nosocomial infection

scholarly journals Citywide preparedness for a pandemic: A crosssectional survey of knowledge, attitudes, and practices about respiratory infection prevention in Bogotá, Colombia

Biomédica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (Supl. 2) ◽  
pp. 159-165
Author(s):  
Jorge Alberto Cortés ◽  
Pilar Espitia ◽  
Yuliet Liliana Rosero-Lasso
Keyword(s):  
Infection Control ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Healthcare Personnel ◽  
Local Health Authority ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

Introduction: Healthcare personnel plays an important role in the prevention of acute respiratory infections in hospital settings.Objective: Our aim was to establish the level of knowledge about respiratory virus infections and the attitudes and practices among healthcare workers, leaders of infection control committees in hospitals of Bogotá, Colombia.Materials and methods: We used a self-administered questionnaire of 28 items during the monthly meeting sponsored by the local health authority. “Yes or no” and “true or false” questions were applied to measure knowledge. Attitudes and practices were measured with a Likert-type scale according to the agreement degree.Results: We surveyed 70 healthcare workers. Respondents demonstrated a good level of knowledge as 80% of them answered correctly more than five questions. A total of 54.4% showed a low degree of agreement when asked if their institutions have the policy to stay home when they are sick with respiratory symptoms and 67.1% never or rarely remain at home under such conditions.Conclusion: Healthcare worker leaders of infection control committees in Bogotá’s ospitals have adequate knowledge about the prevention of seasonal respiratory viruses. There is a need for implementing urgent sick leave policies as a measure to prevent the spread of potential coronavirus infections in hospitals.

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of health care personnel concerning hand hygiene in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences hospitals, 2013-2014

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (9) ◽  
pp. 1009-1011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milad Hosseinialhashemi ◽  
Fatemeh Sadeghipour Kermani ◽  
Charles John Palenik ◽  
Hamid Pourasghari ◽  
Mehrdad Askarian
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Hand Hygiene ◽  
Health Care Personnel ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

scholarly journals Survey on adoption of measures to prevent nosocomial infection by anaesthesia personnel

2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 416-421
Author(s):  
M. Askarian ◽  
A. A. Ghavanini
Keyword(s):  
Infection Control ◽  
Risk Of Infection ◽  
Islamic Republic ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
Infection Transmission ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Chi Squared ◽  
Islamic Republic Of Iran ◽  
Control Procedures ◽  
Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

To assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of anaesthesia personnel regarding infection control in hospitals, a questionnaire was distributed to anaesthesiology personnel of different educational levels in the hospitals of southern Islamic Republic of Iran. Chi-squared significance, Fisher exact and Spearman rho correlation coefficient tests were used to analyse the responses. The results suggest that measures to prevent infection transmission during anaesthesia are inadequate in our hospitals. The implementation of adequate measures to control infection was significantly associated with respondents’ beliefs as to whether anaesthesia can cause infection in anaesthesia personnel and/or patients. Increasing the knowledge base of anaesthesia personnel and raising their awareness as to the risk of infection are necessary to improve infection control procedures by anaesthesia personnel.

scholarly journals Neosporosis: a neglected abortifacient disease in Egypt, seroprevalence and farmers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices

2021 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 3109
Author(s):  
A GABER ◽  
YM HEGAZY ◽  
AF OREIBY ◽  
T ABDEL WAHAB ◽  
MH AL-GAABARY
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Dairy Farms ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Dairy Herds ◽  
Caninum Infection ◽  
Control Programs ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Serious Disease ◽  
And Control ◽  
Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

Neosporosis has emerged as a serious disease of cattle and dogs worldwide, causing abortions, neonatal mortalities and massive economic losses in dairy herds. The current study aimed to investigate the burden of Neospora (N.) caninum infection among cows that aborted and to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAPs) of farmers toward neosporosis in Kafrelsheikh governorate, Egypt. A total of 92 cows that aborted and 25 heifers born from cows that aborted and seropositive for N. caninum infection from 15 dairy herds in different districts of Kafrelsheikh governorate were examined serologically against N. caninum infection using ELISA. A structured questionnaire was built and distributed to 41 farmers in the study area. The overall seroprevalence of N. caninum infection among the examined cows that aborted was 38.04% (35/92). On the other hand, the prevalence of N. caninum infection among the 25 examined heifers born from seropositive cows that aborted was 28% (7/25). The KAPs analysis showed that farmers lack the required information on N. caninum infection and its consequences on dairy farms. The farmers performed risky practices which are responsible for disease entrance and spread on the farm; buy and keeping animals after abortion as well as their heifers. In addition, risk management practices were widespread in dairy farms such as: free movement of dogs, especially stray ones, in 100% of the farms, dogs were able to access and defecate in cattle feed and drinking water sources and had the chance to eat placentas and abortion materials. The current study points out neosporosis as a neglected cause of abortion among cattle in Kafrelsheikh governorate, as well as there is a lack of knowledge and risky practices by the local farmers. These findings may be extrapolated to nearby areas and countries of the same cattle husbandry practices, and veterinary services in such countries should consider neosporosis in their surveillance and control programs.

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