Evaluation of Retention Mechanism of Medical Laboratory Professionals and Associated Factors in Selected Public Health Facilities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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2023-01
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Addis Ababa University
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Background: Retention of clinical laboratory professionals is the action of public health system to
encourage employees to stay and maximize their period of employment in the health facilities. This
can be done via different policies and practices which let the employees stay for a longer period in
an organization. Evaluating retention strategies in the public health facilities and studying the
corresponding determinants steps forward to retain these professionals in their current position.
Objective: To assess the retention mechanisms of clinical laboratory professionals and associated
factors in selected public health facilities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 2022
Methods: Cross-sectional study design was employed among 36 selected health facilities 282
medical laboratory professionals using quantitative data collection and additional 36 one of the three
staff (medical directors, CEOs, and human resource managers) for qualitative approaches from
January 01-March 31, 2022.Data were collected using a structured questionnaire and in-depth
interviews. The quantitative data was coded, entered, and cleaned; using SPSS version 20 statistical
packages such as frequencies, percentages, mean, and standard deviation were used. The qualitative
data from the in-depth interview was categorized and discussed thematically. Binary logistic
regression was also employed to identify significant factors which affect the retention of medical
laboratory professionals in public health facilities of Addis Ababa
Results: The finding of the study revealed that only 30.5% of the respondents were willing to stay in
their current position in the public health facilities of Addis Ababa. About 196 (69.5%) of the
respondents were seemed to leave their job if they get some more benefits from other companies.
Positive and significant Pearson correlation coefficients between the medical laboratory
professionals‟ retention and the independent variables were founded. The findings from the binary
logistic model also revealed that salary and benefits, job satisfaction, professional development,
training and working environment have significant effect on the retention of medical laboratory
professionals.
Conclusion: The results obtained from the quantitative analysis revealed that there is a low rate of
retention of the medical laboratory professionals in public health facilities of Addis Ababa. It can
also be concluded that working on salaries and benefits, employees job satisfaction, professional
development and, training and working environment can retain the clinical laboratory professionals
in their current position in the public health facilities.
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Retention, Turnover, Job satisfaction, clinical laboratory professionals, public health facilities, Addis Ababa