Effectiveness Of Structred Teaching Program On The Knowledge And Practice Regarding Hand Hygiene Among Student Nurses

Abstract

Hand Hygiene is cost-effective method in preventing infection transmission. Hand hygiene practices have been found to be faulty in most health care settings. An experimental study with one group pretest posttest design was undertaken at a tertiary care hospital in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Consecutive sampling technique was used to select the study subjects. Data was collected from 88 student’s nurses by using structured knowledge questionnaires and practice checklist. A knowledge questionnaire based on hand hygiene practices and also based on World health Organization’s concept of “Five Moments for Hand Hygiene” was used to evaluate the practices regarding hand hygiene.

Result: The overall posttest mean knowledge score was 13.05 ± 2.82 which was higher than the pretest mean knowledge score 9.94±2.38 and the post mean score of practice regarding hand hygiene with soap and water was 17.11 ± 2.87, with hand rub or sanitizer was 9.57 ± 3.46 and practice with the steps of five moments of hand hygiene 3.52 ± 0.57 was higher than the pretest mean score of practice regarding hand hygiene with soap and water was 13.57 ± 3.3 & with hand rub or sanitizer was 2.24 ± 3.98 and practice with the steps of five moments of hand hygiene was 2.06  ± 1.

Conclusion: the study concluded that the post-test level of knowledge and practice was increased after the structured teaching program, hence it can be inferred that a structured teaching program was an effective method to enhance the knowledge and practice of hand hygiene.