International Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Research 2023;10(1):14–18 Content available at: https://www.ipinnovative.com/open-access-journals International Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Research Journal homepage: https://www.ijcbr.in/ Review Article The effect of video assisted teaching programme on knowledge regarding prevention and management of black fungus among staff nurse Sudhir Kumar Khuntia 1, *, Reena Thakur 1 1 Malwanchal University, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India ARTICLE INFO Article history: Received 07-03-2023 Accepted 27-03-2023 Available online 05-04-2023 Keywords: Teaching programme Assess Effectiveness Video assisted teaching programme Knowledge ABSTRACT Background: A dangerous fungal infection that has recently emerged as a hazard for COVID-19 survivors, mucormycosis was first identified in Bangladesh on May 8, 2021, and is now commonly referred to as "black fungus" in the COVID-19 period. During the COVID-19 epidemic, black fungi are eighty times more common in India. The COVID-19 black fungi has spread to numerous nations, including Bangladesh, Pakistan, Russia, Iran, and Brazil. Being physically close to India, Bangladesh is concerned about the worrisome rise in COVID-19-related black fungus infections in India, which have a high fatality rate of about 50%. Materials and Methods: Pre-experimental design with one-group pre-test and post-test study method was used to examine staff nurses’ understanding of black fungus avoidance and control; the participants were chosen through handy sampling. Result: The data collected was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics in terms of frequency, mean, standard deviation, and associated by chi square test. Among 60 staff nurse in pre-test, 29 (48.33%) have poor knowledge, 27 (45%) have average knowledge, 4 (6.67%) having good, and in post-test 44 (33.33%) having good knowledge, 16 (26.67%) having average knowledge. Conclusion: Under Pre-test the Mean of the Scores was 8.3 (55.33%) under the Post- test the Mean was observed as 12.2 (81.33%). This is an Open Access (OA) journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. For reprints contact: reprint@ipinnovative.com 1. Introduction Being geographically close to India, Bangladesh is concerned about the alarming rise in COVID-19-related black fungus infections in India, which have a high fatality rate of nearly 50%. The death rate for mucormycosis, sometimes known as a black fungus infection, ranges from 46 to 96%, depending on the patient’s underlying health. 1 The large second wave of the COVID-19 epidemic has presented a challenge for the Indian healthcare system from this life-threatening new enemy. 2 The fungus family Mucorales causes mucormycosis, which affects numerous bodily organs. This fungal opportunistic illness spreads * Corresponding author. E-mail address: jackskkhuntia19@gmail.com (S. K. Khuntia). quickly. Now, this unusual fungus has been infecting covid patients in India at higher rates than before. 3 In India, the frequency of this black fungus infection among covid-19 and post-covid-19 patients is now on the rise. 4 India reported 28,252 mucormycosis cases as of June 8, 2021. They had a history of covid-19 in 86.0% of them and diabetes in 62.3% of them. The true prevalence is thus expected to be substantially greater than the recorded instances, according to the health experts. 5 Almost 70 times more cases of black fungus infection have been documented in India than in the rest of the world. 6 https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijcbr.2023.003 2394-6369/© 2023 Innovative Publication, All rights reserved. 14