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. Thiscan be done via different policies and practices which let the employees stay for a longer period inan organization. Evaluating retention strategies in the public health facilities and studying thecorresponding determinants steps forward to retain these professionals in their current position.
Objective: To assess the retention mechanisms of clinical laboratory professionals and associatedfactors in selected public health facilities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 2022
Methods: Cross-sectional study design was employed among 36 selected health facilities 282medical laboratory professionals using quantitative data collection and additional 36 one of the threestaff (medical directors, CEOs, and human resource managers) for qualitative approaches fromJanuary 01-March 31, 2022.Data were collected using a structured questionnaire and in-depthinterviews. The quantitative data was coded, entered, and cleaned; using SPSS version 20 statisticalpackages such as frequencies, percentages, mean, and standard deviation were used. The qualitativedata from the in-depth interview was categorized and discussed thematically. Binary logisticregression was also employed to identify significant factors which affect the retention of medicallaboratory 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 intheir current position in the public health facilities of Addis Ababa. About 196 (69.5%) of therespondents were seemed to leave their job if they get some more benefits from other companies.Positive and significant Pearson correlation coefficients between the medical laboratoryprofessionals‟ retention and the independent variables were founded. The findings from the binarylogistic model also revealed that salary and benefits, job satisfaction, professional development,training and working environment have significant effect on the retention of medical laborator yprofessionals.
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 canalso be concluded that working on salaries and benefits, employees job satisfaction, professionaldevelopment and, training and working environment can retain the clinical laboratory professionalsin their current position in the public health facilities.
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Retention Turnover Job satisfaction clinical laboratory professionals public health facilities Addis Ababa