scholarly journals Knowledge attitude and practices regarding hepatitis ′B′ among class IV hospital workers of tertiary care teaching hospital in Pune, India

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Shankar Bhosale ◽  
Sudhanshu Tripathi ◽  
Kevin Fernandez
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Hospital Workers ◽  
Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital ◽  
Care Teaching ◽  
Class Iv

scholarly journals Study of socio-demographic determinants and body mass index of female class IV employees (Aayas and Mehatranis) at a municipal tertiary care teaching hospital in Mumbai, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 4990
Author(s):  
Bhagyashri D. Gawari ◽  
Sujata R. Lavangare ◽  
Gajanan D. Velhal
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital ◽  
Care Teaching ◽  
Upper Middle Class ◽  
Class Iv

Background: Health care professionals (including class IV employees) are the most ignorant as far as their own health is concerned. Problems encountered at the workplace affect not only a worker’s health but also adversely affects the workplace environment. Today is an era of women who have diverse role to play in the society and often they handle multiple tasks simultaneously. They are therefore prone to suffer from work related diseases, which are further complicated by various social (responsibilities at home), psychological and physiological (e.g., pregnancy) issues.Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out amongst 287 female class IV employees of municipal tertiary care teaching hospital in Mumbai during the period of April 2017 to December 2018. A semi-structured interview schedule was prepared comprising of socio-demographic determinants and BMI. Data was entered in MS Excel sheet and were analyzed in the form of percentage and proportions whenever necessary.Results: Out of total 287 participants, 101 (35.2%) belonged to age group of 41-50 years, more than half 168 (58.5%) were widows and majority 231 (80.5%) were Hindu by religion, 124 (43.2%) belonged to upper middle class, 158 (55.0%) belonged to a nuclear family and 44 (15.3%) had to travel more than 60 kms daily to reach at workplace.Conclusions: Study concluded that 35.2% participants were 41-50 years age group and 80.5% were Hindu by religion and 43.2% belonged to the upper middle class. Only 2.1% respondents had completed their graduation. More than half i.e. 55.1% of the participants were having normal body mass index and 10.5% were obese.

scholarly journals Assessment of Knowledge and Practices regarding Injection Safety and Related Biomedical Waste Management amongst Interns in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, Delhi

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Anita Shankar Acharya ◽  
Priyanka ◽  
Jyoti Khandekar ◽  
Damodar Bachani
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Biomedical Waste ◽  
Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital ◽  
Care Teaching ◽  
Safe Injection ◽  
Injection Safety ◽  
Injection Practices

Injuries caused by needle sticks and sharps due to unsafe injection practices are the most common occupational hazard amongst health care personnel. The objectives of our study were to determine the existing knowledge and practices of interns and change in their level following an information education and communication (IEC) package regarding safe injection practices and related biomedical waste management and to determine the status of hepatitis B vaccination. We conducted a follow-up study among all (106) interns in a tertiary care teaching hospital, Delhi. A predesigned semistructured questionnaire was used. IEC package in the form of hands-on workshop and power point presentation was used. A highly significant (P<0.001) improvement in the knowledge of interns was observed after intervention with respect to the “three criteria of a safe injection” and cleaning of injection site. Thus, the baseline knowledge of interns was good in certain aspects of injection safety, namely, diseases transmitted by unsafe injections and their prevention. We conclude that IEC intervention package was effective in significantly improving the interns’ knowledge regarding safe injection practices and biomedical waste management. Almost two-thirds of interns were immunised against hepatitis B before the intervention and this proportion rose significantly after the intervention.

scholarly journals AWARENESS OF BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kapil Bhatia ◽  
Rajany PR ◽  
Pallavi Bhatia
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Biomedical Waste ◽  
Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital ◽  
Care Teaching ◽  
Surgical Ward ◽  
Class Iv

Introduction: Generation of biomedical waste is an unavoidable outcome of modern day hospital care. Rapid mushrooming of hospital both in the public and private sector to meet the societal demand has collaterally increased the biomedical waste generated. It is essential to optimally manage the biomedical waste to avoid any public health hazards. Hence this study was undertaken to access the knowledge of biomedical waste management through questionnaire among staff of acute surgical ward and ICU of a tertiary care teaching hospital. Material and Methods: The study was designed to give an input of knowledge of staff which includes doctors, nurses and class IV employee of the acute surgical ward and ICU based on questionnaire. Results: It was seen nurses had overall excellent knowledge about the biomedical waste management accounting to 57 % among all staff members included in the study; this was followed by doctors accounting to 7 %; whereas none of the class IV employees came in excellent category. Conclusion: Proper management of Bio medical waste is a concern. Lack of sound knowledge about biomedical waste management affects the practice of proper waste disposal and is harmful for general health and environmental condition. Besides continuing medical education and updates, on ground practical training should be provided at regular intervals. Strict monitoring should be ensured right from the site of generation to the final site of disposal of biomedical waste. Keywords: Biomedical waste, Hazards, Tertiary care teaching hospital, Knowledge, Disposal

Congenital Anomalies Among Singleton Live Births in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 358-360
Author(s):  
Manikanta Reddy. V Manikanta Reddy. V ◽  
◽  
Senthil Kumar. S Senthil Kumar. S ◽  
Sanjeeva Reddy. N Sanjeeva Reddy. N
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Congenital Anomalies ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital ◽  
Live Births ◽  
Care Teaching
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