COMPARISON OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS REGARDING COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL MEASURES BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS HOSPITALS OF PESHAWAR, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA

Authors

  • Anum Razaq Prof 5 MBBS student, Rehman Medical College, Peshawar KPK, Pakistan
  • Maria Arabdin Prof 5 MBBS student, Rehman Medical College, Peshawar KPK, Pakistan
  • Zahir Shah Prof 5 MBBS student, Rehman Medical College, Peshawar KPK, Pakistan
  • Masood Jan Prof 5 MBBS student, Rehman Medical College, Peshawar KPK, Pakistan

Keywords:

Environment, public health, communicable disease, hospitals, public hospitals, private hospitals, patient safety, safety management

Abstract

Introduction: Health care sector of a country needs special attention from the government as the quality of health care provides hope and relief to the patients and their dependents. The present study comparing environmental factors regarding safety control measures between public and the private sector hospitals will provide guidance in the area of environmental cleaning practices in hospitals.

Materials & Methods: This was a cross sectional comparative study conducted from October to December 2014 in two selected Tertiary care hospitals, one each from private and public sector, namely Rehman Medical Institute and Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, respectively. Two hundred patients and attendants in the medical and surgical wards of these hospitals were surveyed after informed consent through a self-administered questionnaire regarding various hygienic and safety measures being practiced in these hospitals. Data were analyzed by SPSS 20.0.

Results: Of the 200 subjects sampled (100 from each hospital), the overall impression was that the private hospital was focusing on most of the relevant aspects of control measures for spread of communicable diseases in the hospital setting. Major disparities were observed in the safety control measures being practiced in the public and private hospitals; of 21 items assessing control measures, 07(33.3%) were high risk differences, 06(28.6%) were showing differences that needed attention while the remaining 08(38.1%) items showed concordance in practice.

Conclusion: Public sector hospitals of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa need to implement stricter safety control measures to combat the spread of hospital-based spread of communicable diseases.

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Published

2022-12-14