A Study to Assess the Knowledge and Practices of Staff Nurses Regarding Aseptic Technique During Normal Vaginal Delivery at Selected Government Hospitals of Haryana

Aseptic techniques is a set of specific practices and procedures performed under carefully control condition with the goal of minimizing contamination by pathogens. A report of WHO in 2008 states that 50–60% of all death occur within the first month of life due to poor aseptic techniques in the labour room.

The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge and practices of staff nurses regarding aseptic technique during normal vaginal delivery at selected government hospitals of Haryana.

The Non-experimental Descriptive Design was used in the present study which includes 60 staff nurses of civil hospital Panipat, Jind and Sonipat which were selected by non-probability convenience sampling technique.

The data was collected from subject to assess the knowledge and practices of aseptic technique during normal vaginal delivery by using self-structured knowledge questionnaire and self-structured observation checklist. Data collected was analysed and interpreted by using descriptive and inferential statistics.

The mean, median and standard deviation for pre-test knowledge was 24.80, 24.5 and 3.726 respectively. The mean, median and standard deviation for observation checklist score was 49, 0.954 and 0.954 respectively. There was no significant co-relation found between knowledge and practices. The Karl-pearson co-relation value is (r =-0.120)and there is a negative co-relation between knowledge and practices which was less than table value (0.254)at p value is 0.361.

The study findings revealed that most of the staff nurses had good knowledge, adequate practices regarding aseptic techniques during normal vaginal delivery. The staff nurses must have adequate knowledge and practices regarding aseptic techniques for conducting normal vaginal delivery.