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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) among Health Care Professionals Working in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

Authors :
Surapaneni Krishna Mohan
Pandian Balu
Kayalvizhi Kumaravel
Vasantha Priya Jeyasheelan
Mythili Krishnan
Savithri Kanganda Bopaiah
Narmatha Sundharesan
Poonguzhali Sivagananam
Virudhunagar Muthuprakash Somasunder
Sumetha Suga Deiva Suga
Vahithamala Kunasekaran
Divya Ravikumar
Radhika Nalinakumari Sreekandan
Manuel Raj Kumar
Udayakumari Meesala Chelladurai
Kavin Mozhi James
Vishnu Priya Veeraraghvan
Rejili Grace Joy Manickaraj
Poongodi Chellapandian
Source :
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 335-345 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2021.

Abstract

Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) is a common healthcare-related infection occurring in patients admitted for various ailments. Approximately 80% of hospital acquired Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are catheter associated. The purpose of the current research was to find out the level of knowledge, attitude and practice on prevention of CAUTI among healthcare professionals working in tertiary care hospital. A descriptive study was done among 95 health care working in tertiary care hospital in Chennai. The researchers administered standard questionnaire and statistically explored the knowledge, attitude, and practice levels about prevention of CAUTI among the participants. Among 95 participants, 28.4% and 71.6% of the individuals had moderately adequate knowledge and adequate knowledge about CAUTI. About 4.2% of the participants had unfavourable, 88.4% had moderately favourable and 7.4% had favourable attitude towards prevention of CAUTI. About 4.2% of the individuals had moderately adequate and 95.8% had adequate practice towards the prevention of CAUTI. There was significant correlation between attitude and practice. The professional experience of the participants showed statistically significant association with the level of practice among the demographic variables. In our present study, we found out that health care professionals had adequate knowledge, attitude, and practice on prevention of CAUTI. Medical education programs, frequent auditing with a checklist about catheter care must be conducted to maintain the achieved knowledge and practice levels.

Details

ISSN :
2581690X and 09737510
Volume :
15
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology
Accession number :
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