Volume : 7, Issue : 6, June - 2018

A study to assess the Sanitation & Hygiene on the basis of Kayakalp Tools in tertiary care hospital of G.R. Medical College Gwalior,M.P.

Ahirwar Ghanshyam, Gautam Praveen

Abstract :

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;line-height:150%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-language:HI">Introduction: </span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;&#10;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-bidi-language:HI">Cleanliness and hygiene is crucial for healthcaresettings. The Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan is a national campaigninitiated by the Government of India to promote cleanliness inpublic spaces. &lsquo;KAYAKALP&rsquo; is the program to promotecleanliness and enhance the quality of public health facilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;line-height:150%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-language:HI"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;line-height:150%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-language:HI">Objectives:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;&#10;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-bidi-language:HI"> To assess the swacchta guidelines implementation at</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> care hospital of G.R. Medical College Gwalior, M.P. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-language:HI">state using Kayakalp assessment tool.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;line-height:150%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-language:HI"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;line-height:150%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-language:HI">Material and method</span></b><span style="font-size:&#10;14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-bidi-language:&#10;HI">: A observational- cross sectional study and was conducted at the Jaya Arogya Group of Hospital of G.R. Medical College, Gwalior Madhya Pradesh state using Kayakalp tool under Swachh Bharath Abhiyan. The assessment toolused for this study was the standard national assessment toolscorecard- Swachhta Guidelines for Public Health Facilitiesprovided by the Ministry of Health &amp; Family Welfare Governmentof India (MOHFW, 2015).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;line-height:150%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-language:HI">Results</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;&#10;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-bidi-language:HI">:The assessment using the Kayakalp tool showed, Overall scoring of the Sanitation &amp; Hygiene of healthcare setting is about 53.33 % (Maximum score-100).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>The following sub topics got the respective scores depicted in the acket:Cleanliness of Circulation Area (60%), Cleanliness of<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>wards (60%), Cleanliness of Procedure Areas<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>(70%), Cleanliness of ambulatory area (60%), Cleanliness of auxiliary area (60%).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;line-height:150%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-language:HI">Conclusion:</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;&#10;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-bidi-language:HI"> There is a still need to improvethe standards in all sections of the facility to give good care tothe public.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>