A study to evaluate understanding, acceptance and application of hand hygiene measures in patients at KIMS Bhubaneswar
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/05/025066
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Pradipta Das
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Adult patients over 18 years age of either gender admitted in the KIMS Hospital, Bhubaneswar Surgical wards and giving written informed consent to participate in the study.
2.Willing to comply with all study related procedures.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patients unable to realize the hand hygiene concept, e.g. due to lack of understanding, and not able to follow the study procedure.
2.Patients not willing to co-operate or do not give consent.
3.Patients with mental confusion or advanced dementia.
4.Patient with depression or schizophrenia
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in total scores of the knowledge attitude and practice of the inpatients of surgical ward of KIMS, Bhubaneswar before and after the WHO hand hygiene trainingTimepoint: Day 0 and Day 7
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Implementation and acceptance of hand hygiene practice in health care workers in surgical wards of KIMS BhubaneswarTimepoint: Day 0 <br/ ><br>Day 180