Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Avneet Singh ¹, Ramesh Verma ², Pardeep Khanna ², Suraj Chawla ², Shankar Prinja ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Community Medicine CMC, Ludhiana, Punjab, IN
2 Department of Community Medicine, Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, IN
3 School of Public Health PGIMER, Chandigarh, IN

Abstract

Healthcare workers (HCWs) are potentially exposed to blood and body fluids (BBF) in the course of their work and therefore are at risk of infection with blood-borne pathogens, such as HIV, hepatitis B and C viruses. Worldwide, three million HCWs experience percutaneous exposure to blood-borne viruses each year (two million hepatitis B, 900,000 hepatitis C and 300,000 human immunodeficiency virus). Exposure to BBF can occur through: percutaneous injury (needle-stick injury, NSI) or mucocutaneous incident (BBF splash), to assess the knowledge, risk perception and compliance with universal precautions among health care functionaries. Cross sectional type. Rural block Ben of Jhajjar district. 118 government health functionaries. Government health functionaries. The study was a cross sectional type and earned out in a rural block Bert of Jhajjar district. The present study shows about one third (37.4%) health functionaries in health the centres were multipurpose health worker (female), while 14.7% were medical officers. The present study recorded maximum compliance with universal precautions was no needle recap among 90.5% doctors while same compliance among no needle recaps among 79.4% paramedical staffs. Although compliance with universal precautions for correct disposal among doctors was 80.9% while compliance with universal precautions for correct disposal was 35.4% among paramedical staffs. The study concluded that there should be education and training of health care personnel to develop awareness of the health, safety and environmental issues relating to health care waste and how these can affect employees in their daily work must become a routine and regular activity

Keywords

Knowledge, Risk Perception, Health, Functionaries.

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Avneet Singh ¹, Ramesh Verma ¹, Suraj Chawla ¹, Shankar Prinja ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Community Medicine, Pt.B.D.Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, IN
2 School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh, IN

Abstract

Domestic cooking is an important duty of an average Indian housewife. On an average, an Indian woman spends about four to six hours daily for cooking. Mainly four different types of cooking fuels are used in this country: biomass fuel (Wood, Cow-dung cake, agricultural waste, coal etc.); liquefied petroleum gas (LPG); kerosene and a mixture of these.To assess the morbidity among female. Cross sectional type Rural block Ben of Jhajjar district. 500 female. Housewife. The study was a cross sectional type and carried out ma rural block Ben of jhajjar district. The present study shows that maximum female 272 (54.4%) were using mixture of LPG and biomass fuel followed by 178 (35.6%) using biomass fuels and 50 (10%) using stoves. The study revealed that the maximum female were 184 (36.8%) complaining of cough followed by difficulty in breathing 108 (21.6%), 13.6% female had GIT problems. There is a strong correlation between using biomass fuel and respiratory diseases, suggesting that the use of biomass fuel indeed be a culprit behind these high levels of respiratory diseases. The present study has confirmed that biomass fuel exposure is a principal risk factor in the causation of lung diseases among women. Better-ventilated kitchens, smokeless chimneys and use of alternate fuels like LPG should be emphasized as a measure to lessen the risk of respiratory diseases to lndian women.

Keywords

Indoor Pollution, Females, Rural Block.

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