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Abstracts: Background & Objective: Malaria is one of the major public health problems in the developing countries. Rapid diagnosis and accurate quantification of Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia are important forthe management of malaria. The objective of this study was to measure prevalence of malaria and analyse the results of malaria diagnostic methods. Methodology: RDT and microscopy was carried out to diagnose malaria. Results were simply presented as percentage positive of total number of cases under this study. Results of microscopy were compared with RDT based on antigen detection for malaria diagnosis. Results: Total 503 cases were detected having infection of malaria. Out of them 405(80.52%) were positive for P. vivax, 73 (14.51%) were positive for P. falciparum and 25 (4.97%) were having mixed infection of P. vivax and P. falciparum. Sensitivity of RDTs was excellent as compare to microscopy. Conclusion: We can conclude based on the present study that sensitivity of RDT is very good as compare to traditional microscopy. But for the confirmation microscopy remains gold standard test for malaria identification.
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Introduction: Despite the statutory provision of Biomedical Waste Management, practice in Indian Hospitals has not achieved the desired standard even after years of enforcement of the law. In view of this, the present study on Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) on the subject was carried out in a tertiary level teaching hospital. Material and Methods: The hospital under scrutiny for KAP is a 250 bedded western regional M. & J. Institute of Ophthalmology. The study is based on a questionnaire designed to understand the KAP of the staff involved in direct patient care facility regarding the biomedical waste management practices. The KAP study enrolled 100 respondents, representing doctors and nurses. Result: Here, a significant gap was observed in the knowledge, attitude and practice of the medical and paramedical staff regarding biomedical waste disposal, their knowledge/understanding of the subject. Conclusion: Induction training and continuous in-service training of the staff regarding BMW disposals are required as it is very important for prevention of healthcare associated infection.