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Estimation of patient perception on hygiene standards in a tertiary care hospital, West Bengal: A questionnaire-based studyAnjan Adhikari, Rania Indu, Moumita Ray, Sangita Bhattacharya, Jayeeta Bhattacharya, Trisha Basu, Twisha Biswas. Abstract | | | | Background: Maintenance of hygiene is very important to lead a healthy, disease-free life. Lack of hygiene increases the chance of communicable and non-communicable diseases. Wastes generated by the hospitals increase the chance of nosocomial infections.
Objective: The present study deals with the patients perception about hygiene and sanitation rendered by the hospitals.
Materials and Methods: The present study was a questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey. The data were collected from the indoor patients admitted in the Department of Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and General Medicine during December 2016January 2017 at a Medical College in Kolkata.
Results: In the present study, a total of 150 patients were taken as study population, of which majority of them were female. The major age group of the study population was 3239 years, 33 (22%). In the present study, 93.33% of patients responded that the food was hygienic, 90% of patients opined that all housekeeping staffs used their protective equipment while they were collecting the garbage in this hospital, and 78% of patients agreed that the dustbins were cleaned regularly.
Conclusion: In order to improve patients compliance and reduce the sufferings, evaluation of to hospital hygiene is of utmost importance. Awareness programs should be implemented in hospitals and health-care centers about the importance and maintenance of hygiene. This would reduce the chances of hospital-borne infections not only for the patients but also for the hospital workers.
Key words: Hygiene; Nosocomial Infection; Questionnaire; Sanitation
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