Assessment of Knowledge and Practices regarding Injection Safety and Related Biomedical Waste Management amongst Interns in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, Delhi
Table 1
Pretest and posttest assessment regarding injection safety after the IEC intervention.
Aspects covered in the question Knowledge about
Correct answers given ()
value*
Pretest (%)
Posttest (%)
(1) Three criteria of a safe injection
23 (22.8)
75 (74.3)
<0.001
(2) Vaccine used for prevention of disease transmitted by unsafe injections, namely, Hepatitis B
93 (92.0)
96 (95.0)
0.58
(3) Three commonly used routes for giving injection
101 (100)
101 (100)
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(4) Three common complications after giving injection