Knowledge regarding the prevention of hospital acquired infections among the students

A Study to assess the knowledge regarding the prevention of Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI) among the students of first year GNM from selected institute in Greater Noida, was carried out by B. Sc. Nursing 4th year students. The objectives of the study are following: To assess the knowledge score on prevention of Hospital Acquired Infections among nursing students. To find an association between knowledge score with the selected demographic variables. A total no. of 32 subjects was chosen for the study. The instrument used to generate necessary data were structured questionnaire for knowledge assessment. The research design selected for the study was non-experimental descriptive research design. It consist of 8 questions in the demographic data and 20 questions in knowledge assessment. The study was conducted at PIPRAMS Gr. NOIDA. Significant findings of study are: In the present study the researcher analyzed that 16(50%) students have good knowledge, 12(37.5%) have average knowledge, 4(12.5%) have poor knowledge whereas none of students have excellent knowledge regarding prevention of Hospital Acquired Infections. The maximum score of knowledge is 15 and minimum was 2. Total mean score of knowledge is 9.84; mean %= 3.15%; median= 11.5 and Standard Deviation= 3.24. 23(72%) of the subjects were between 17–20 years of age and 9(28%) subjects were 21years and above. Out of 32 students 16(50%) students were male and 16(50%) were female. Findings indicate that the students have average knowledge regarding prevention of hospital acquired infections.