To assess the impact of training about hospital infection control measures related to hemodialysis services on the knowledge of healthcare providers (HCPs) at the teaching institution of Haryana.

Background: Adequate knowledge among nursing professionals toward hospital infection control measures related to hemodialysis (HD) services is essential to decrease infection among patients.

Objective: This study assessed nursing professionals' knowledge about hospital infection control measures related to HD services and the effect of training interventions.

Settings And Designs: It was a single group, a pre-post-interventional study conducted on nursing professionals of a single apex medical college of Haryana.

Perceptions and factors associated with COVID Appropriate Behavior (CAB) obedience among general public in India: A mixed methods research.

Background: The purpose of the study was to analyze the public perception toward COVID Appropriate Behavior (CAB) obedience and to identify the factors associated with declining CAB.

Materials And Methods: It is a mixed methods study conducted from November 2021 to September 2022 in Pune city, India. A set of 15-CAB guidelines published by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (GoI), were used as a base document to design the instruments of qualitative and quantitative study.

Impact of Structured Training Program about Cadaver Organ Donation and Transplantation on Knowledge and Perception of Nursing Students at Public and Private Nursing Teaching Institute of Northern India - An Interventional Study.

Background: "Donation gap" refers to the shortage of organ donors worldwide. The medical/nursing students and various healthcare workers have poor awareness and attitude toward organ donation.

Objective: We conducted this study to assess the current level of knowledge and perception regarding cadaver organ donation and transplantation among nursing students and to evaluate the impact of structured training interventions on their baseline knowledge and perception level.

Impact of structured training program about Hospital Infection Control practices on Knowledge and Perception of nursing students at public and private nursing teaching institute of Northern India- An interventional study.

Background: Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are a primary cause of illness and death and increased expenditure due to prolonged hospitalization and poor prognosis. HAI is a global safety concern, according to World Health Organization (WHO). This study assesses the current level of knowledge and perception regarding hospital infection control practices among nursing students and evaluates the impact of structured training interventions on their baseline knowledge and perception level.

Perception of healthcare workers towards ethical aspects of responsiveness of COVID 19 outbreak: A cross-sectional study.

Introduction: COVID-19 has spread all over the world and most of the countries are still grappled with the . Health-care-workers (HCWs) being the frontlines during such pandemics have different beliefs and faiths with regards to ethical aspects of preparations.

Methodology: In order to study the perception of HCW about ethical aspects of COVID-19, a cross-sectional study was done in a tertiary-care-teaching hospital.

Supply chain management with cost-containment & financial-sustainability in a tertiary care hospital.

Financial crunch in the present recession results in the non-availability of the right materials at the right time in large hospitals. However due to insufficient impetus towards systems development, situation remains dismal even when funds are galore. Cost incurred on materials account for approximately one-third of the total recurring expenditures in hospitals.

Augmenting nursing care quality and implementing change management in India: an amalgamated approach.

Background And Aim: High dependency on nursing care in healthcare delivery systems in recent times has made the quality appraisal of nursing care even more imperative for nursing administrators. This study demonstrates the utility of a two-phase technique to identify the most significant shortcomings pertaining to nursing care delivery in general wards of a tertiary care hospital. The same could be used to set priorities.

Gauging Skills of Hospital Security Personnel: a Statistically-driven, Questionnaire-based Approach.

Objectives: This study aims to gauge the technical and soft skills of the hospital security personnel so as to enable prioritization of their training needs.

Methodology: A cross sectional questionnaire based study was conducted in December 2011. Two separate predesigned and pretested questionnaires were used for gauging soft skills and technical skills of the security personnel.

Quality of care as a determinant of health-related quality of life in ill-hospitalized adolescents at a tertiary care hospital in North India.

Objective: To evaluate if quality of care (QoC) provided by hospital is a determinant of ill-hospitalized adolescent's health-related quality of life (HRQoL) from parent's perspective.

Design: Prospective cross-sectional study conducted at a tertiary care hospital of Northern India after institutional ethical approval.

Setting: Hospital in pediatric department of a tertiary care, teaching medical University in Lucknow, northern India.

Determinants of health related quality of life in school-going adolescents in Northern India.

Objective: To identify determinants of good Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in school going adolescents.

Methods: This Cross-sectional study was conducted in public and private schools in Lucknow, Northern India after obtaining institutional ethical clearance. Children aged 10 to 19 years were included after obtaining parental written informed consent.

A study of concordance between adolescent self-report and parent-proxy report of health-related quality of life in school-going adolescents.

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to determine the degree of concordance between the self-report and the parent's proxy report of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in school-going adolescents using the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL)-BREF instrument in India.

Methods: Twenty schools were purposively selected out of the 1900 schools in Lucknow, India. About 5% adolescents (between 10-19 years) per school were randomly selected by lottery system.

Validation of WHO QOL-BREF instrument in Indian adolescents.

Objective: This study attempts to test the psychometric properties of World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOLBREF) instrument in Indian adolescents.

Methods: Of 1900 schools in Lucknow city, 20 schools were invited for participation. To make WHOQOL-BREF instrument culturally appropriate for Indian adolescents, a minor modification was done by replacing one item in Social domain "Are you satisfied with your sex life?" with "Are you satisfied with the respect you receive from others?".

Rules and management of biomedical waste at Vivekananda Polyclinic: a case study.

Hospitals and other healthcare establishments have a "duty of care" for the environment and for public health, and have particular responsibilities in relation to the waste they produce (i.e., biomedical waste).

Level of awareness about transplantation, brain death and cadaveric organ donation in hospital staff in India.

A questionnaire was distributed in a group of randomly selected hospital staff to ascertain the level and factors associated with awareness regarding organ transplantation, brain death, and cadaveric organ donation. Between October and December 2000, a total of 166 paramedical (nurses, technologists, medical physicists) and 100 nonmedical (administrative, clerical, engineering, social scientists, and miscellaneous) staff of a tertiary referral academic hospital in northern India received this questionnaire. Ninety-seven percent had good to excellent awareness about transplantation, 17.