Staphylococcus Aureus and MRSA Contamination Level of Working Clothe, Hand Carriage, and Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Among Healthcare Workers at Federal Police Hospital; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Desta, Kassu(MSc, Ph.D. fellow, Associate Professor of Medical Microbiology) | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Asmamaw, Asegedech (MSc Medical Microbiology) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kaba, Zewditu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-25T12:20:48Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-06T08:56:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-25T12:20:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-06T08:56:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-11 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Contaminated workings clothe and hand of health care workers can cause nosocomial infections. Staphylococcus aureus (S aureus) is the main causative agent of nosocomial infection and it can be transmitted through working clothe of health care workers from patient to health care workers and from health care workers to patients at hospitals. Poor hand hygiene is the main way of spreading infectious organisms. Objective: To assess Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA contamination level of Working Clothes, Hand carriage, and knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) among Health Care workers (HCWs) at Federal Police Hospital. Methods: Cross-sectional study was conducted at the Federal police hospital (FPH) from November 2020-March 2021 by inclusion of 222 healthcare workers. 222 swab samples were collected from the working clothing of all participants and 53 hand swab samples were randomly collected from 53 HCWs. Culturing, identification, and antimicrobial sensitivity tests were performed at the Federal Police Hospital microbiology laboratory using conventional standard microbiology tests. The positive and negative control organisms' S aureus and S epidermidis were obtained from Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) microbiology department. The demographic data, knowledge, attitude, and practice of study participants were collected by providing self-administered questioner and observational checklists. The data entry was done by Microsoft Excel and chi-square data analysis done by using SPSS version 21 software. Results: Out of 222 study participants, 39(17.6%) were contaminated with staphylococcus bacteria. A total of 41 staphylococci were isolated from 35 working clothes,2 hands, and 2 were isolated from both clothes and hands. From a total of 41 isolates, 18(43.9 %) S aureus, and 23(56.1%) coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS) were identified. 12(67%) Methicillin sensitive S aureus (MSSA) and 6(33%) Methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA) were identified from a total of 18 S aureus isolates. About 86.9% of study participants have good knowledge about the use and handling of working clothes related to bacterial contamination. 60% of them show a good attitude and 70.1% were practicing good on using and handling of working clothes related to the prevention of bacterial contamination. Conclusion: In this study the contamination rate of working clothe and hand carriage of S aoreus was 6.8% and 5.6% respectively and 33% of the isolates were MRSA. Even though study participants have good knowledge, attitude, and practice about working clothe and hand hygiene continuous awerness of staff is paramount to prevent MRSA in the hospital. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/29638 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Abeba University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Clothe contamination, S aureus , MRSA , Healthcare worker, hand-carriage, Nosocomial. | en_US |
| dc.title | Staphylococcus Aureus and MRSA Contamination Level of Working Clothe, Hand Carriage, and Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Among Healthcare Workers at Federal Police Hospital; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |