Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Program on Knowledge Regarding the Infection Control Measures in Labour Room among the Staff Nurses Working in Maternity Unit in Selected Hospital of Panchmahal District

Introduction: Pregnancy and childbirth are the most important events of a women’s life. WHO reported that every minute a mother dies from complication in pregnancy and childbirth that means 1400 mothers die every day more than half a million mothers die every year. Many of the deaths could be prevented using existing knowledge and affordable tools. Objectives: To assess the existing knowledge of staff nurses working in maternity unit regarding infection control measures in labour room. To evaluate the effectiveness of the planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding infection control measures among staff nurses working in the maternity unit. To determine the association between pre-test knowledge score of staff nurse regarding infection control measure in labourroom. Materials and methods: An evaluative research approach with pre-experimental design was used. The sampling technique used was non - probability convenient sampling.  Data was collected from selected Hospitals at Panchmahal District. Data collection was done from 10-09-2014 to 25-09-2014. The tool consist of section: 1 Demographic profile, section:2 – knowledge regarding Infection Control measures in labour room 30 items. The reliability of the tool was established by using the test retest method. Hence the tool was found to be reliable. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics used were frequency, mean, range and standard deviation. The data was also presented graphically. Results: The mean difference between the post test and pretest knowledge scores of staff nurses regarding the infection control measures in labour room was found to be highly significant (t₄₉=1.69, p<0.05). So hypothesis H₁ was accepted and hypothesis H₂ was only associated with age. Conclusion: Hence planned teaching program was affected for the staff nurses working in maternity unit regarding the infection control measures in labour room