Knowledge and Practice of Hand Hygiene among Medical and Nursing Students in Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia

Abdul Halim Shah, Noor Fazlina (2022) Knowledge and Practice of Hand Hygiene among Medical and Nursing Students in Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Background: Hand hygiene is widely recognized as the most important strategy to prevent and reduce health-related infections (HAI) and is critical to the safety of patients and clinicians. The primary method of transmission of nosocomial infections is through the hands of healthcare personnel. The most common nosocomial infections are surgical wound infections, urinary tract infections, and lower respiratory tract infections. Objective: This study aims to determine the level of Knowledge and Practice of hand hygiene among medical and nursing students in Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor. Methodology: This study using a self-administrated hand hygiene questionnaire and WHO Observation Form as the main instruments. Total participants of 103 students were selected using stratified random sampling. Participants were acquired to answer the questionnaire and their hand hygiene practice were observed. Data analyzed in SPSS version 27. Data Analysis: The statistical measure Pearson Correlation was used to determine the association between level of knowledge and practice of hand hygiene. Result: 103 participants had participated in this study. About 79.6% (82) of the respondents were having good knowledge and 20.4% (21) having poor knowledge. Besides, 71.8% (N=74) had good practice and 28.2% (N=29) had poor practice. The findings showed that there was no statistically significant association between level of knowledge and level of practice of hand hygiene where p value is (p=0.800). A total of 334 hand hygiene opportunities were observed during the study using the WHO Observation tool with overall hand hygiene compliance rate was 74.55%. Conclusion: From the research, it shows that there was no association between level of knowledge and level of practice of hand hygiene among medical and nursing students in Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Keywords: Knowledge, Practice, Hand Hygiene, Nosocomial Infections and Student

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Mr Khoirul Asrimi Md Nor
Date Deposited:	07 Aug 2023 00:56
Last Modified:	07 Aug 2023 00:57
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1168

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