Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude of Infection Control among Paramedical Students

Abstract

Background: Nosocomial contamination control is vital in any medical clinic to keep away from odds of cross-disease or communication of disease to different patients. Mixed breed disease could be characterized as the communication of irresistible specialists among patients and staff inside a clinical atmosphere.\nObjectives: 1. To assess the information and perspectives of paramedical understudies at medical clinics to disease that ought to be followed regularly. 2. To see whether radiography understudies know about the presence of convention and enactment concerning nosocomial contamination control.\nMethods: This prospective, questionnaire, comparative study was conducted at College of Paramedical Sciences, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Delhi road Moradabad, Uttar-Pradesh for period of one year. A validated questionnaire was circulated among Paramedical students. The survey include multiple choice questions (MCQs) related to demographic characteristics (Age, Gender), academic qualification and survey the degree of information and mentality of nosocomial contamination control among paramedical understudies.\nResult: In this study assessment the knowledge and attitude of Infection control among paramedical students and we have concluded the exact mean value of all respondent in which there positively correct answer according to included three programmes like radiological imaging techniques, Medical lab techniques, and Optometry and in which there were response for radiological imaging techniques (73%), Medical Lab Techniques (88%) and Optometry (82%). So then we concluded that Medical lab techniques have more knowledge compared to radiological imaging techniques and Optometry. The result of this study was not satisfied knowledge of respondents. Study conclude that there should be proper lecture and theory classes for the conduction of knowledge about nosocomial infection control. Among all three courses, Radiology imaging techniques, medical lab techniques, and Optometry, in 374 participants, and in which participated students have knowledge about paramedical students are at risk of infection 79.1% of students correct answered and the 20.9% students gave incorrect answered .\nConclusion: Among all the subjects, most of them were aware and had a positive attitude toward (78%) nosocomial infection control. The knowledge of nosocomial infection control was good among the respondents since most of them have done undergone prior nosocomial infection academic or performed nosocomial infection control by self-precautions. The respondents had good knowledge for nosocomial infection control and we were involved in three programmes of paramedical college including Radiological imaging techniques, Medical lab techniques, and Optometry and in which entire participants were 374 and in which 78% were positive knowledge and 22% negative knowledge.\n\nKeywords: Infection, Microorganism, Sterilization, Nosocomial infection, PPE, SICP, PUI.