Knowledge and Attitudes of Health Care Professional Students at King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University (KSAU-HS) Regarding Infection Control Practices
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Science and Innovative Research (IJMSIR) - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 7
Abstract
Objective: The objective of the study is to explore the knowledge and attitude of health care professional students in King Saud Abdulaziz University (KSAU-HS) regarding infection control practices. Methods: A self-administered questionnaire consisting of 17 open-and-close ended items was filled up by a randomly selected number of students in 5 health related colleges in KSAU-HS. Knowledge score was classified into four categories based on participants’ answers, 10: excellent, 7-9: good, 4-6: moderate, and 1-3: poor. Results were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22.0. Knowledge and attitude towards infection control guidelines were then compared in relationship to individual colleges, gender, age, and academic years using Mann- Whitney, Kruskal Wallis and Post hoc statistical tests. Results: 314 students (69.4 males) participated in this study. The majority (94.7%) of College of Nursing (CON) students were satisfied from the presence of infection control guidelines in their curriculum. Practice of guidelines by supervisors was also reported to be the highest (94.7%) among CON students. The majority of students (69.1%) obtained good knowledge score, College of Dentistry (COD) was the highest. The mean rank of scores was significantly higher in females. Second academic year students mean rank of score was the highest with significant difference compared to first year. There was significant difference between College of Medicine (COM) and CON and between COM and College of Applied Medical Sciences (COAMS) in knowledge scores. Conclusion: It is concluded that infection control guidelines and practices exist in the undergraduate curriculum of health sciences colleges. It however needs improvement and reinforcement.
Authors and Affiliations
Raghad Abdullah Alherbish
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP512306
- DOI -
- Views 118
- Downloads 0
Bleeding Complications Problem in Organs outside the Heart after Open Heart Surgery
Background: Nowadays, there is a trend in favour of (laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy) LAVH even for patients in whom (vaginal hysterectomy) VH is feasible. Hence, this study is undertaken to compare the ef...
Use of Nanotechnology in Surgical Care Of cancer: A Narrative Review
Introduction: The nanotechnology is rapidly progressing field in cancer diagnosis. Cancer treatment depends on the good diagnostic tool. Thus, nanotechnology can be used in several diagnostic procedures include organ ima...
Effect Of Application Dentin Bonding Agent On The Retention Of Cast Metal Crowns Cemented With Glass Ionomer Cement, To Reduce Post-Operative Sensitivity. An In Vitro Study.
Purpose- To study the effect of dentin bonding agent application on the retention of cast metal copings cemented with Glass Ionomer cement and comparing the above with copings only cemented with GIC and to know how much...
Culture Directed Prostate Biopsy: Culture Sensitivity Pattern and Infectious Complications: A Prospective Study
Introduction Overall incidence of infectious complications following Transrectal Ultrasound (TRUS) guided prostate biopsy is 11%.It ranges from simple UTI to severe sepsis and mortality. It is commonly caused by gram ne...
Evaluation of Thyroid Function Tests in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients in Tertiary Care Centre of Kumaon Region
Background- The physiological association between kidney and thyroid gland functions is well known from many years. Previous studies had reported that chronic kidney disease is associated with different thyroid gland dys...