Impact of structured training program about Hospital Infection Control practices on Knowledge and Perception of nursing students at public and private nursing teaching institute of Northern India- An interventional study

Sukhbir Singh; Kiran Kaur; Ravinder Singh Saini; Sunita Singh; Hari Kishan Aggarwal; Hem Chandra

doi:10.4103/jehp.jehp_1471_22

Impact of structured training program about Hospital Infection Control practices on Knowledge and Perception of nursing students at public and private nursing teaching institute of Northern India- An interventional study

J Educ Health Promot. 2023 May 31:12:168. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1471_22. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Sukhbir Singh¹, Kiran Kaur², Ravinder Singh Saini³, Sunita Singh², Hari Kishan Aggarwal⁴, Hem Chandra⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hospital Administration, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
² College of Nursing, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma, UHS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
³ Department of Hospital Administration, Himalyan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
⁴ Department of General Medicine, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
⁵ HN Bahuguna Uttarakhand Medical Education University 4th Floor, Administrative Block, Govt. Doon Medical College Campus, Dehrakhas, Patel Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

Abstract

Background: Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are a primary cause of illness and death and increased expenditure due to prolonged hospitalization and poor prognosis. HAI is a global safety concern, according to World Health Organization (WHO). This study assesses the current level of knowledge and perception regarding hospital infection control practices among nursing students and evaluates the impact of structured training interventions on their baseline knowledge and perception level.

Methods and materials: It was a single group, a pre-post interventional study done on nursing students of one government and one private nursing college in the year 2021. A pretested questionnaire consisting of was used as a study tool. Various statistical tests like one repeated-measure ANOVA, Mauchly's Test of Sphericity, and Greenhouse-Geisser correction were used.

Results: The mean knowledge was minimum in the pretest group (Mean = 79.4430, SD = 17.49746) and maximum immediately after the training group (Mean = 96.5443, SD = 25.42322). But after one month, knowledge decreased; however, it was more than pre-training Knowledge (Mean = 84.4937, SD = 22.40313).

Conclusions: Annual educational/training modules help retain knowledge in hospital infection control practices and HAI prevention. All healthcare workers need regular training.

Keywords: HAIs; Health care workers (HCWs); World Health Organization (WHO); hospital infection control practices; knowledge; nursing professionals; perception; training program.