LOOKING THROUGH THE LENSE OF NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY GOALS: AWARENESS ABOUT INFECTION CONTROL PRACTICES AMONG NURSES IN SUPERSPECIALITY HOSPITAL OF DELHI

N.Yadav, Preetham.K, N.Maitra, N.K.Yadav

ABSTRACT
PSGs are meant to ensure patient is not harmed due to hospitalization. The awareness regarding PSGs is elementary to their implementation, hence the study attempts to gauge the same. A quantitative, non-interventional and prospective study approved by Institutional Research Review Committee was carried out using a pre-tested questionnaire on 25% randomly selected nursing personnel (60) to measure their awareness regarding the PSGs. The primary objectives of the study were Assessing the awareness level among the nursing staff regarding NPSGs and identifying areas warranting immediate attention about PSGs related to infection control. The study revealed that 75% nurses had diploma in GNM and 25% were graduates of nursing. The awareness level of nurses was highest for infection control at 91.4% followed by patient identification and medication safety at 86.34% and 76.6%. Higher the educational qualification, higher is the level of awareness regarding methods to reduce healthcare associated infections, however w.r.t the process involved to reduce SSI the nurses are equally aware irrespective of educational qualification. Only around 80% GNMs are aware about importance of conducting periodic risk assessment for MDR organism and regarding the usage of short and long term catheters in CLABSI infections. 93.9% GNMs were found aware about importance of catheter check list and standardized protocol for central venous catheter insertion.
Key words : Patient safety goals (PSG), nosocomial Infections, Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP), Surgical Site Infection (SSI), Catheter Related Blood Stream Infection (CRBSI) and Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI), Multi-drug resistant (MDR)

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