A Study on Awareness of ‘Universal (Standard) Precautions’ among Interns of J.J.M. Medical College, Davangere

To assess the awareness of Universal Precautions among the Interns. Questionnaire based cross-sectional study. June 1st to 7th, 2009. Interns of J.J.M. Medical College, Davangere, Karnataka. Proportions. A pre-designed and pre-tested, multiple response type questionnaire was used to collect the data...

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Published inIndian journal of public health research and development. Vol. 4; no. 1; pp. 233 - 235
Main Author Vidya, G.S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi Dr. R.K. Sharma 01.01.2013
Institute of Medico-Legal Publications
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Awareness
Health care
Hepatitis
Infections
Interns
Occupational safety
Universal Precautions
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Summary:To assess the awareness of Universal Precautions among the Interns. Questionnaire based cross-sectional study. June 1st to 7th, 2009. Interns of J.J.M. Medical College, Davangere, Karnataka. Proportions. A pre-designed and pre-tested, multiple response type questionnaire was used to collect the data for the study. Total of 136 interns were available for the study. Meaning of universal precautions was known to majority (86.7%) of them. About 87.5% were aware that they are at risk of contracting blood-borne infections. Only 16% believed that it is unsafe to recap the needles after use. 61.7% preferred resuscitation bags over mouth to mouth breathing. About 75% of them perceived that it is essential to apply universal precautions on every patient irrespective of the disease or HIV status. The awareness of universal precautions was not satisfactory among the study subjects. Therefore there is a great need to enhance their knowledge by orientation programmes at the beginning of internship.
ISSN:0976-0245
0976-5506