Project Shield : Infection Prevention and Control Campaign – MSAI India

Name of the activity: Project Shield : Infection Prevention and Control Campaign

Country/NMO: MSAI India

Program: Communicable Diseases

Contact information: contact [email protected] to get in touch with the Activity Coordinator

Type of the activity: First-time Activity

Category: Campaign

Focus area: Preventable Diseases

Sustainable Development Goals addressed: SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being)

Problem statement:

At any time, over 1.4 million people worldwide suffer from infectious complications acquired in hospital. Hospital acquired infections (HAIs) is a major safety concern for both health care providers and the patients. Considering morbidity, mortality, increased length of stay and the cost, efforts should be made to make the hospitals as safe as possible by preventing such infections. The burden of HAIs is higher in developing countries such as India,  with a pooled prevalence of 10.1%

Target groups:

• Medical students
• Healthcare Students

Beneficiaries:

• General population
• Medical students
• Healthcare Students
• Other Students
• Doctors
• Other health professionals

Objectives:

The following objectives target at least 200 medical students and paramedical students with the help of a powerpoint presentation through a 45-60 minute online awareness session in a span of 5 months-

– To sensitize about the importance of hospital infection control

– To educate about the routes of transmission of infections in hospital settings 

– To sensitize about the standard precautions and practices for IPC

– To educate about the basic hand hygiene practices, prevention of needlestick injuries and post exposure prophylaxis

– To sensitize about the importance of routine immunization of healthcare workers and proper use of personal protective equipments, 

– To educate about proper biomedical waste management 

Indicators of Success:

GENERAL INDICATORS –

Target Population Reached = 200

Number of events- 30

SPECIFIC INDICATORS –

At least 60% of the target population understands the importance of hospital infection control

At least 60% of the target population is aware of the routes of transmission of infections in hospital settings

At least 60% of the target population is aware of the standard precautions and practices for IPC

At least 60% of the target population is aware of the basic hand hygiene practices, prevention of needlestick injuries and post exposure prophylaxis

At least 60% of the target population understands the importance of routine immunization of healthcare workers and proper use of personal protective equipments

At least 60% of the target population is aware of proper biomedical waste management

Methodology:

For Awareness Session:

Activity:  On-ground awareness and Interactive session on-ground 

Before the Event

Each event has the target audience as the medical students and paramedical students.

Distributing the online Pre-event questionnaires to the audience and collecting responses

During the Event:.

45-60 minutes awareness and interactive session

After the Event

Distributing the online Post-event questionnaires to the audience and collecting responses and feedback.

Social media- Instagram reel promoting hand hygiene

Plans for evaluation:

– Assessing existing knowledge based on a pre event questionnaire.All the participants will get a pre event questionnaire which will contain quantitative and qualitative questions

– Awareness session by an MSAI volunteer using a powerpoint presentation.

– Impact assessment by Post event questionnaire

External collaborations:

none