Kayakalp: Impact of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on cleanliness, infection control hygiene promotion practices in District Hospitals of Chhattisgarh, India
Cleanliness hygiene practices in any healthcare facility are considered crucial factors while judging the quality of services rendered by them. Such Practices had always been a setback in paradigm of public healthcare. Kayakalp yojna (Award to public health care facilities) ,an incentivized approach was launched as a component on Swachh bharat abhiyan by the prime minister of India on 2 nd October 2014, aimed at improving the Public health care facilities under six thematic areas including Hospital/ Facility Upkeep, Sanitation hygiene, Waste Management, Infection Control, Supportive services &Hygiene promotion. This Study was aimed at evaluating the impact of implementation of Kayakalp Yojna across all the District Hospitals of the state of Chhattisgarh by assessing the improvement of facilities in six thematic areas. It was an analytical census study assessing all 27 District hospitals covered under this scheme during year 2015 16, source of data being public access reports available on the official website of the Department of health family welfare Chhattisgarh. Post implementation of Kayakalp Scheme there was an average improvement of 18.26% in the total scores of the hospital out of which Ten District hospitals showed gross improvement of more than 25% over their initial score. Eight District Hospitals qualified for external assessment scoring above 70% on the parameters of kayakalp Guideline.