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Effects of Medical Hand Washing on Hand Flora among Staff Nurses Kabita Dhami; Padmapriya S; Sasi Kumar S
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 4 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Publisher : Institute of Medico-legal Publications Pvt Ltd

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37506/ijfmt.v15i4.16925

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Background: One of the leading causes of hospital associated infection is providing patient care withcontaminated hands as a result of transmission of microorganism from health care provider to patientsand others. Hand washing is the most important and simple act of reducing the spread of transmission ofinfectious agent and reducing hand flora. Materials and Methods: The study was done to evaluate theeffects of medical hand washing on hand flora among staff nurses working in a selected hospital, Bengaluru.One group time series design was used. Swabs were taken from a randomly selected sample of 25 nursesworking in medical ward for hand flora analysis. Results: Study results revealed that before hand washingthere were many colonies of hand flora were found. After medical hand washing there was a significantreduction in the number of colonies of the hand floras between the pre-test mean (O1= 10.02) and post-testsmean (O2= 4.23, O3 = 4.02 and O4 = 2.36) and was found to be statistically significant at H= 83.288 andP value = 0.001. Conclusion: Medical hand washing is an effective technique to reducing the hand floraamong the staff nurses working in the different medical wards of hospital.
Effect of Information, Education and Communication (IEC) on Knowledge and Attitude regarding Premarital HIV and Haemoglobin Genotype Testing among Adolescents Talatu Abdullah; PadmaPriya S; SasiKumar S
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 15 No. 2 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37506/ijfmt.v15i2.14946

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Background: Premarital screening is a test done for younger adults and couples considering marriage forprevention of genetic, infectious and blood transmitted diseases. Adolescent and college young adults must beeducated about potentially life-threatening infectious and genetic disorders for the promotion of their health,well-being as well their offspring too. For providing accurate and unbiased education and information, theIEC is considered to be an effective intervention strategy. Materials and Methods: The study was done toassess the effect of IEC on knowledge and attitude regarding premarital HIV and Haemoglobin genotypetesting among adolescents in a selected Pre-University Colleges, Bengaluru. An evaluative approach withquasi experimental pre-test and post-test control group design was used. A study sample comprised of 60adolescents in experimental group and 60 adolescents in control group. The sample was selected usinglottery method of the simple random sampling technique. The Structured knowledge questionnaire and Threepoint Likert scale was used to assess the knowledge and attitude level of adolescents respectively. Results:Study results revealed that the experimental group which received IEC showed significant difference in theimprovement of knowledge (p < 0.001) and the attitude score (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Based on the studyfindings, it can be concluded that IEC is a best strategy to spread awareness through proper use of materialsto young people to achieve a desired positive outcomes in terms of improving knowledge and positiveattitude on prevention of life threatening infectious diseases and genetic disorders.
Co-Authors Kabita Dhami Sasi Kumar S SasiKumar S Talatu Abdullah