Video Assisted Teaching Program on Knowledge and Preventive Practices of Catheter Related Blood Stream Infections among Health Care Professionals: A Hospital-based Prospective Study

Abstract

Objective : The objective of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme,
in terms of improvement in knowledge and practices to prevent catheter related blood stream infections.
Method: The study adopted pre-experimental study design in the intensive care units of a selected tertiary
referral hospital of Karnataka, India. The study included mainly the infection control practices followed
by the health care personnel for the selected events related to catheter related blood stream infection
prevention and knowledge of health care personnel regarding preventive practices of catheter related blood
stream infection. The pre-test observations of practices related to prevention of catheter related blood
stream infections was done using observational checklists and the knowledge assessment was done using
structured knowledge questionnaire among health care personnel in the intensive care units and a video
assisted teaching intervention was given, after seven days of intervention the post-test data was taken for the
practices and knowledge.
Results: The results show that there was a significant difference in the pre-test and post-test knowledge
scores, practices of nurses while administration of medications through central line and central line dressing
procedure (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The present study showed that video assisted teaching on hospital infection control measures
regarding catheter related blood stream infections was effective in supporting participants to increase their
knowledge levels and preventive practices of catheter related blood stream infections and thereby reduce
infection in the hospital.