“Efficacy of patients’ safety guidelines during patient’s transportation among ward attendants in terms of knowledge and practice”

Abstract

Patient’s safety means avoiding mistakes, complications, and prevention of harmful effects.¹ it is mandatory for hospital to ensure patient’s safety during the hospitalization of patient. Patients who are admitted in intensive care unit are at risk of any hazardous event especially during transportation of patient.²

Methodology: Quasi experimental study with two group pre- test post-test design was adopted to assess the effectiveness of patients’ safety guidelines in terms of knowledge and practice among ward attendants. Total eighty-seven ward attendants were selected by simple random sampling technique from a tertiary care hospital of Dehradun further divide into experimental and control group. Data was collected by self-structured knowledge questionnaire and observation practice checklist.

Result: The overall mean post-test knowledge score of experimental groups (24.02±2.873) was higher than the post-test mean score of the control group (19.95±3.408). Mean difference was 4.07 which was significant (t=3.49) at p<0.05. The post-test level of practice in experimental group (28.80±1.812) was higher than the post-test mean score of the control group (21.01±1.806), mean difference was 7.79 which was significant (t=3.49) at p<0.05. Conclusion: This study concluded that after intervention significant improvement in knowledge and practice of ward attendants in experimental group has been noted.