Knowledge about healthcare associated infections in postgraduate residents from a venezuelan university
A descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out with field design to evaluate the knowledge about the healthcare associated infections (HCAI) and its prevention in postgraduate residents of the School of Health Sciences "Dr. Francisco Battistini Casalta” of the Universidad de Oriente, Vene...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:c4f353657ed64d9ab1c1de3f0dbf61a2 2023-10-01T03:54:07+02:00 Knowledge about healthcare associated infections in postgraduate residents from a venezuelan university Armando Guevara Abraham Figuera 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/c4f353657ed64d9ab1c1de3f0dbf61a2 EN ES eng spa Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/kasmera/article/view/24665 https://doaj.org/toc/0075-5222 https://doaj.org/toc/2477-9628 0075-5222 2477-9628 https://doaj.org/article/c4f353657ed64d9ab1c1de3f0dbf61a2 Kasmera, Vol 46, Iss 2, Pp 127-138 (2018) Infección hospitalaria precauciones universales higiene de las manos educación de posgrado en medicina Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2018 ftdoajarticles 2023-09-03T00:37:03Z A descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out with field design to evaluate the knowledge about the healthcare associated infections (HCAI) and its prevention in postgraduate residents of the School of Health Sciences "Dr. Francisco Battistini Casalta” of the Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela. The sample consisted of 51 residents’ physicians from different postgraduate programs. A survey was applied to investigate knowledge on three specific areas: generalities about HCAI, standard precautions and hand hygiene. They were considered to have adequate knowledge if they obtained an average score of 17.5 points or more. 58.8% of the respondents were female with an average age of 31 years (SD ±4.32, Range: 25-47). The average score in the survey was 17.9 points (SD ±1.87, Range: 12-22). The 56.87% approved the survey. When evaluating the knowledge about the studied areas, it was found that the majority have basic concepts about standard precautions (86.27%) but not about generalities of IAAS (37.25%) or hand hygiene (19.6%). In conclusion, the postgraduate residents have adequate knowledge about the HCAI and its prevention but present deficiencies in specific aspects. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic |
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A descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out with field design to evaluate the knowledge about the healthcare associated infections (HCAI) and its prevention in postgraduate residents of the School of Health Sciences "Dr. Francisco Battistini Casalta” of the Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela. The sample consisted of 51 residents’ physicians from different postgraduate programs. A survey was applied to investigate knowledge on three specific areas: generalities about HCAI, standard precautions and hand hygiene. They were considered to have adequate knowledge if they obtained an average score of 17.5 points or more. 58.8% of the respondents were female with an average age of 31 years (SD ±4.32, Range: 25-47). The average score in the survey was 17.9 points (SD ±1.87, Range: 12-22). The 56.87% approved the survey. When evaluating the knowledge about the studied areas, it was found that the majority have basic concepts about standard precautions (86.27%) but not about generalities of IAAS (37.25%) or hand hygiene (19.6%). In conclusion, the postgraduate residents have adequate knowledge about the HCAI and its prevention but present deficiencies in specific aspects. |
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Knowledge about healthcare associated infections in postgraduate residents from a venezuelan university |
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Knowledge about healthcare associated infections in postgraduate residents from a venezuelan university |
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