Assessment of the Knowledge and Practices Towards Infection Prevention and Associated Factors among Healthcare Providers of Public Health Facilities in West Arsi, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia
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2015-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Background: Health care workers (HCW) are at risk of infection with blood borne pathogens(BBP) through occupational exposure to blood and infectious body fluids presents the greatestrisk for transmission in the health care settings(3). Health care associated infections place asignificant economic burden` on the health care system. Infection control(IC) practices areparamount to minimize health care associated infections. This study was to assess the knowledgeand practice of health care providers towards infection prevention and associated factors inhealth facilities in West Arsi Zone, 2015
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in April six to ten 2015 in selected healthfacilities of West Arsi Zone. Six hundred eighteen health providers were included in the study.The sample size was assigned to each health facility proportional to their number of healthcareproviders. Study subjects were selected by simple random sampling technique. Self administeredstructured questionnaire was used to collect information. Bivariate and Multivariate Logisticregression was used to identify factors associated with knowledge and practice of healthcareproviders towards infection prevention. P-value<0.05.
Result: six hundred forty eighty participants with 95.3% response rate were involved in thestudy. Of these, (46.3%) had poor knowledge and 63.7% had unsafe practice health careprovider‟s score towards infection prevention. Having training on infection prevention weresignificantly associated with knowledge on infection prevention (AOR=5.019 CI of 95% (1.453,8.585)). Having training on infection prevention was significantly associated with practice oninfection prevention. (AOR= 5.305 CI of 95% (2.420, 11.629)).
Conclusion: Above one third of healthcare providers had relatively poor knowledge and nearlytwo third of them had unsafe practice on infection prevention. Infection prevention training andpresence of infection guideline in the health facility are determinant factor to knowledge andpractice. Further study is recommended.
Key words: Knowledge, Practice, Infection prevention, West Arsi Zone
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Knowledge Practice Infection prevention West Arsi zone