Assessment of Knowledge and Practice on Safe Handling of Cytotoxic Drugs Among Nurses Working in Oncology Unit at Governmental Hospitals Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2019.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Aga Fekadu(PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Getahun Negalign(BSc) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Asefa Selamawit | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-04T20:26:24Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-06T08:51:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-06-04T20:26:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-06T08:51:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Introduction: Occupational exposure to cytotoxic drugs is a worldwide concern and the number of staff possibly exposed to hazardous effect of the cytotoxic drug was more than 5.5 million. Unsafe handling practices have been pointed out in several studies, particularly in countries where access and use of these medicines have recently risen. Objective: To assess knowledge and practice on safe handling of cytotoxic drugs among nurses working in oncology unit at governmental hospitals Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2019. Method: An institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted on 77 nurses in two selected governmental hospitals Addis Ababa Ethiopia from April 1-30, 2019. Censuses approach was used to select nurses. Structured self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. Descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation and percentage were calculated to describe frequency and displayed in tables. Multiple Linear regression was done to see the association between dependent variables and independent variables. Significant factors were identified based on include in 95% level at p-value less than 0.05. Result: Mean score of knowledge of nurses about cytotoxic drug was7.82±2.22 and mean score practice of nurse 22.1±5.5 multiple regression analysis indicated that chemotherapy training was significantly associated with nurse’s knowledge (p = 0.01) and practice of nurses handling cytotoxic drug (p=.048) respectively. Working ward and experience were significant associated with knowledge of nurses on handling cytotoxic drug. Conclusion and Recommendation: Most of nurses didn’t take training about chemotherapy handling. This study finding showed that chemotherapy training was significantly associated with knowledge and practice. In service training regarding chemotherapy handling should be given to nurse’s and oncology course should be incorporated and reinforced in to nursing professions curriculums. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/21434 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cytotoxic drug, knowledge, practice, Nurses | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment of Knowledge and Practice on Safe Handling of Cytotoxic Drugs Among Nurses Working in Oncology Unit at Governmental Hospitals Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2019. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |