Volume-5, Issue-10, October 2019

Abstract

Contact lenses use on increasing trend specially among youth; however its usage has been limited because of the associated complications. Studies have been done in other states of India to assess the awareness and practices about contact lens usage among medical students. But not a single such study done in Goa. Hence a cross sectional, descriptive study was conducted among 600 medical students at Goa medical College over a period of 2 months after Institutional Ethics Committee approval and consent from the participants. The participants were administered a semi-structured questionnaire to assess the various variable like length of use, used per day, reasons for use etc and complications of using contact lenses. Statistical software SPSS 22 (trial version) was used for data analysis. It was observed that the percentage of medical students using contact lenses was 5%. Majority of contact lens users were femalesi.e.76.67%. Majority (53.33%) of study participants used contact lenses for more than 24 months, 26.67% used for 12-24 months, 13.33% for 6-11 months and only 6.6% used contact lenses for less than 6 months. Majority (44.33%) of participants used lenses for cosmetic reasons. Regarding contact lens used per day, 43.33% used contact lenses for less than 8 hours, 36.67% for 8 to 11 hours and only 20% for more than 12 hours a day. Regarding complications, 30% had ocular discomfort, 26.67% had watering of eyes. Other problems were dry eyes (20%), red eyes (6.67%), short wearing time (6.67%) and poor distant vision (3.33%).

Keywords: Contact Lenses, Knowledge and Practices

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Keywords: Contact Lenses, Knowledge and Practices

Abstract

In India, Universal precautions have to followed as per CDC guideline to prevent nosocomial infection. Health personals specially nursing personals are on direct risk of nosocomial infections. HIV is one the nosocomial infection which has its very bed prognosis. So this study was designed to know the knowledge and practice of nursing personals of a secondary level hospital. For this study 100 nursing personals were selected from district hospital Dausa Rajasthan. These 100 nursing professionals were supervised for practice and interrogated for knowledge as per a semistructured schedule. This study observed that each one of nursing personal had knowledge of hand washing and 97% had knowledge of use of gloves followed by proper disposal of dressings (86%), proper disposal of needle (81%) and proper disposal of BMW (74%). Less than 60% had knowledge of use of apron and use of needle shredder. They were having very little knowledge of use of eye protection (5%) and use of mask (27%). None of the nursing personals having knowledge of use of foot protection. Moreover proper disposal of dressings (86%) was practiced by 72% followed by proper disposal of needle (69%), hand washing (62%), use of gloves (56%) and proper disposal of BMW (46%). Less than 40% practiced the use of apron and use of needle shredder. None was using device for eye protection and foot protection. Gap between knowledge and practice of UPs maximum gap in percentage was found in using eye protection devices, use of mask and use of needle shredder. So motivation of these nursing personal is need for that trainings may be arranged.

Keywords: Universal Precautions, Knowledge and Practices.

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Keywords: Universal Precautions, Knowledge and Practices.