Knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of ‘teaching laboratory’ technicians towards laboratory safety and waste management: a pilot interventional study

El‐Gilany, Abdel‐Hady; Elshaer, Shereen Saeid; Khashaba, Eman; El-Dakroory, Sahar; Omar, Naureen

doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2017.02.007

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“…As evident from the results of this study, there was remarkably significant improvement in the knowledge, attitudes, and practice of laboratory technicians regarding universal work precautions after the educational intervention/training sessions. This finding is in accordance with a number of similar studies conducted previously (Suchitra et al, 15 Goswami et al, 16 Malgaonkar and Kartikeyan, 18 El-Gilany et al, 1 and Gaikwad et al 6,7 The study by El-Gilany et al 1 had stressed the importance of repeated training sessions at regular intervals to reinforce safe laboratory practices.…”

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“…Zaveri and Karia 2 reported that the level of awareness about universal work precautions was as low as 20.8%, wherein most of the subjects had not even heard the term. Attitude and practice levels were also low, as demonstrated in the studies conducted by Omokhodion, 11 Alam, 12 Odusanya 13 Ejilemele and Ojule, 14 Suchitra et al, 15 and El Gilany et al 1 These findings are in contrast to the studies conducted by Goswami et al 16 and Gurubacharya et al, 17 who reported good levels of knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding universal work precautions by the paramedical staff.…”

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“…Laboratory technicians are routinely exposed to occupational health hazards that could be a serious threat to their health and lives if proper biosafety precautions are not observed. 1 To safeguard themselves against laboratoryacquired infections, laboratory workers must be aware of universal work precautions.…”

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Impact of Educational Intervention on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Laboratory Technicians regarding Universal Work Precautions at a Tertiary Health Care Center in Central India

Mehta

Diwakar

2020

Appl Biosaf.

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Introduction: Laboratory technicians are routinely exposed to occupational health hazards that can be a serious threat to their health. To safeguard themselves against laboratory-acquired infections, they must be aware of universal work precautions. A targeted educational intervention to increase awareness about universal precautions was designed to result in behavioral changes in attitudes and practices to help reduce the incidence of laboratory-acquired infections. This study was planned to assess the preexisting levels of knowledge, attitudes, and practices of laboratory technicians regarding universal work precautions at a tertiary care hospital in central India and to evaluate the effectiveness of educational interventions on the same. Method: The 40 lab technicians participating in the study were subjected to educational interventions in the form of training on universal precautions. Pretest and posttest evaluations using questionnaires were conducted to evaluate the learning gain. Pretest and posttest responses to each question were compared using the Pearson chi-square test. The subjects’ mean pretest and posttest scores were compared using paired t tests, and the significance level was set at .05. Results: There was remarkably significant improvement in knowledge, attitudes, and practices of laboratory technicians regarding universal work precautions after the educational intervention/training sessions. Conclusion: On the basis of the findings, it was suggested that such training sessions should be conducted regularly for laboratory technicians to help in better retention of knowledge and to instill a positive attitude toward universal precautions.

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Impact of Educational Intervention on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Laboratory Technicians regarding Universal Work Precautions at a Tertiary Health Care Center in Central India

Mehta

Diwakar

2020

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“…That is, in Bangladesh, the urban people's literacy rate is far higher than the rural ones as reported by UNESCO (14). An Egyptian study observed the positive effect of safety and waste management literacy on the laboratory technician's knowledge, attitudes, and practices after implementing an intervention program (15), which reflects the urgent need of literacy awareness programs in Bangladeshi people. Moreover, it is found that females are more concerned regarding disposing of PPE-related waste compared to males.…”

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Perception and Attitudes Toward PPE-Related Waste Disposal Amid COVID-19 in Bangladesh: An Exploratory Study

Islam

Safiq²,

Bodrud-Doza

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Front. Public Health

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Personal protective equipment (PPE) is an essential item to protect from exposure to infectious pathogens or contaminants, which is frequently used at health care settings and public spheres since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. There is no prior study investigating public perception and attitudes toward PPE-related waste disposal in Bangladesh. Hence, an online survey was carried out among 1,303 Bangladeshi adult residents to explore the issue. Results stated that face mask and hand gloves were the widely used PPE, where around 45.50% mask and 31.60% hand gloves were disposable. Approximately 94.50% of the participants percepted to use at least one type of PPE while going outside. Only 18.65% of the respondents percepted to burn the PPE-related waste, while most of them reported other less protective disposal measures. Females, urban residents, and participants with higher education were found to have better perception and attitudes toward PPE-related waste disposal. To the best of the authors' knowledge, being the first exploratory study in the country, the present findings are anticipated to be helpful at policy levels with respect to arranging awareness programs.

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“…Due to the product innovation acceleration, the provision of laboratories has been insufficient. Thus, these factors urge universities to establish laboratories [35][36][37] to perform the role of testing services provider [38][39][40][41][42] aside from the original purpose of teaching and research laboratories [43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52].…”

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Model to Measure the Readiness of University Testing Laboratories to Fulfill ISO/IEC 17025 Requirements (A Case Study)

Aqidawati

Sutopo

Zakaria

2019

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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Universities are considered as a source of open innovations by producing new technology. The innovations need to be tested in licensed laboratories in order to create certified products if they are to be commercialized to the market. Many universities have established laboratories that provide testing services to society and act as a revenue-generating source. Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) owns an accredited center laboratory that provides testing services to external parties. In addition, the university owns other laboratories in several faculties to conduct academic activities and research and yet provide testing services, but have not been accredited. Therefore, the laboratories have the potential to be developed as part of the testing service business to support the incubation process of new technology and provide testing services. In this article, we chose UNS, one of the universities in Indonesia, to develop a framework of readiness level measurement instrument, to evaluate the readiness and to suggest improvements for laboratories to achieve accreditation. A framework of laboratory readiness measurement was developed using integration of management approach and laboratory approach. Descriptive statistics were used to create a radar chart to determine the readiness level. Based on findings and evidence analysis, we proposed improvement planning using ISO 17025 and management concept.

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Knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of ‘teaching laboratory’ technicians towards laboratory safety and waste management: a pilot interventional study

Cited by 25 publications

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Impact of Educational Intervention on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Laboratory Technicians regarding Universal Work Precautions at a Tertiary Health Care Center in Central India

Impact of Educational Intervention on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Laboratory Technicians regarding Universal Work Precautions at a Tertiary Health Care Center in Central India

Perception and Attitudes Toward PPE-Related Waste Disposal Amid COVID-19 in Bangladesh: An Exploratory Study

Model to Measure the Readiness of University Testing Laboratories to Fulfill ISO/IEC 17025 Requirements (A Case Study)

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