Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Infection Control Measures among Mizan-Aman General Hospital Workers, South West Ethiopia

Yakob, E; Lamaro, Tafesse

doi:10.4172/2161-0711.1000370

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“…This was consistent with the study conducted among the HCWs in Ethiopia and Nepal in similar settings. 10,11. Our study revealed that still 35 % did not received any formal training in hand hygiene.…”

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“…Thus increasing the supplies necessary for hand washing and institutional support is essential in combating the substandard practices in hand hygiene. 9,11,12 Limited accessibility of hand hygiene facilities has been shown to be an important risk factor for poor adherence to recommendations. 13 Our study showed that although there were a number of limitations in currenthealth care settings, staff nurses had moderately positive attitude towards limiting hospital acquired infections control.…”

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Staff nurses on Hospital Acquired Infections in tertiary care Hospital of Dhaka city

Kabir¹,

Akhter

Sharmin

et al. 2018

Northern Int. Med. Coll. J.

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Introduction :Hospital acquired Infections (HAIs) are called those infections that were not present at the time of patient' hospitalization in a hospital and have been acquired after hospitalization. Nurses are an important part of the any healthcare team who play a unique role in the control of Hospital acquired infections.Objective : The aim of this study was to investigate the level of knowledge, attitudes, and practices of staff nurses about preventing the spread of hospital acquired infections (HAIs) at tertiary care Hospital of Dhaka city. Methods and Materials :This descriptive cross-sectional study was done among nurses having two years experience from two tertiary level hospitals in Dhaka city during January to June 2017. Self administered questionnaire containing different set of questions regarding knowledge, attitude and practice on HAI were used as a tool for data collection.Questionnaire was supplied to all staff nurses available at different in-patient wards of these two hospitals. Only 234 staff nurses who completed and returned the questionnaire were included in this study. Data were analyzed using Microsoft excel 2013 software.Result : Staff nurses were found to have good knowledge, moderately positive attitude but poor practice in prevention of hospital acquired infections. About 95% of the participants considered that prevention of HAIs were a valuable part of their role. About 65% of the staff nurses had received formal training regarding hand hygiene. The 100 % of participants felt that they would be less likely to transmit infection to the patients if they performed hand-hygiene. About 64% of them argued that hand hygiene agents were not readily available in current settings. Regarding practice, only 6% performed hand hygiene before patients contact and 27% of the staff nurses reported that they often forgot to perform hand hygiene. Conclusion :The finding of this study revealed a good knowledge of infection prevention among the majority of participants with relatively minimal level of practice. For strengthening the knowledge, attitude and practice towards HAIs, there is in need of developing regular training program and monitoring on performance feedback regarding hand hygiene is recommended.

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Staff nurses on Hospital Acquired Infections in tertiary care Hospital of Dhaka city

Kabir¹,

Akhter

Sharmin

et al. 2018

Northern Int. Med. Coll. J.

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“…In another study less proportion of health care workers wore gloves to prevent infection. [25][26][27] Half of the doctors recommended isolation of patient with Nosocomial Infections regularly. In another study by M Jain et al reported that 25% of study participants believed that isolation would help in prevention of Nosocomial Infections.…”

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Knowledge and Practices of Health Care Professionals With Regard to Nosocomial Infections at a Medical College at Goa, India- A Cross-Sectional Study

Dhupdale¹,

Singh²,

Cacodcar³

2019

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BACKGROUND Nosocomial infections (NI) are acquired during hospitalization which are not present at the time of admission to a hospital. Present study is aimed at bridging this knowledge gap which will benefit the policy makers to safeguard health of professionals and patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted on a purposive sample of 100 doctors. The data was obtained in the form of selfadministered questionnaire. RESULTS All participants were familiar with NI. UTI (28%) was reported as commonest NI. Pseudomonas (28%) was identified as commonest causative agent of NI. 94% medical professionals believed that they need training in NI. 78% of medical professiona ls reported regular hand washing before and after examination of patient. CONCLUSION Doctors who participated in study had excellent knowledge about the NI. Some deficiencies in the practices such as not ensuri ng sterile conditions, exiting operation room along with sterile footwear were of concern.

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Occupational Exposures to Blood and Body Fluids among Healthcare Workers in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Sahiledengle

Tekalegn

Woldeyohannes

et al. 2020

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Background: Occupational exposure to blood and body fluids is a major risk factor for the transmission of blood-borne infections to healthcare workers. There are several primary studies in Ethiopia yet they might not be at the national level to quantify the extent of occupational blood and body fluid exposures among the healthcare workers. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to estimate the pooled prevalence of occupational blood and body fluid exposure of health-care workers in Ethiopia. Methods: PubMed, Science Direct, Hinari, Google Scholar, and the Cochrane library were systematically searched; withal, the references of appended articles were also checked for further possible sources. The Cochrane Q test statistics and I2 tests were used to assess the heterogeneity of the included studies. A random-effects meta-analysis model was used to estimate the lifetime and 12-month prevalence of occupational exposure to blood and body fluids among health-care workers in Ethiopia. Results: Of the 641 articles identified through the database search, 37 studies were included in the final analysis. The estimated pooled lifetime and 12-month prevalence on occupational exposure to blood and body fluids among healthcare workers were found to be at 54.15% (95% confidence interval (CI): 47.54,60.75) and 44.24% (95%CI: 36.98,51.51), respectively. The study identified a variation in healthcare workers whom were exposed to blood and body fluids across Ethiopian regions. Conclusion: The finding of the present study revealed that there was a high level of annual and lifetime exposures to blood and body fluids among the healthcare workers of Ethiopia.

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Infection Control Measures among Mizan-Aman General Hospital Workers, South West Ethiopia

Cited by 9 publications

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Staff nurses on Hospital Acquired Infections in tertiary care Hospital of Dhaka city

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Staff nurses on Hospital Acquired Infections in tertiary care Hospital of Dhaka city

Knowledge and Practices of Health Care Professionals With Regard to Nosocomial Infections at a Medical College at Goa, India- A Cross-Sectional Study

Occupational Exposures to Blood and Body Fluids among Healthcare Workers in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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