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| Title |
Knowledge, practice and associated factors of infection prevention among healthcare workers in Debre Markos referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
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| Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, June 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12913-018-3277-5 |
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| Authors |
Melaku Desta, Temesgen Ayenew, Nega Sitotaw, Nibretie Tegegne, Muluken Dires, Mulualem Getie |
| Abstract |
Healthcare-associated infections are a major global public health agenda. Health care workers are front line of protecting themselves and clients from infection. This study examined the knowledge and practice of healthcare workers on infection prevention and its associated factors among health professionals working at Debre Markos Referral Hospital. A Hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted with a structured pre-tested questionnaire among 150 participants. The healthcare workers were selected through systematic random sampling technique. Multivariate logistic regressions were computed to identify associated factors of knowledge and practice of infection prevention and variables with a p-value < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. More than two thirds (84.7%) of healthcare workers were found to be knowledgeable but only 86 (57.3%) of respondents demonstrated a good practice on infection prevention. Older age, lengthy work experience and higher educational status were significantly associated with both knowledge and practice of infection prevention. In-service training, availability of infection prevention supplies and adherence to infection prevention guidelines was also associated with the practice of infection prevention. The finding of this study revealed a good knowledge of infection prevention on the majority of participants with relatively minimal practice rate. Sociodemographic factors and health facility factors were associated with knowledge and practice of infection prevention. Hospitals and other concerned stakeholders should ensure constant availability of guidelines and the provision of training to health providers. Moreover, developing professionals' educational level, introducing infection prevention standard of practice and continuous mentorship was recommended. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 498 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 498 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 79 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 59 | 12% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 29 | 6% |
| Researcher | 25 | 5% |
| Lecturer | 22 | 4% |
| Other | 67 | 13% |
| Unknown | 217 | 44% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 112 | 22% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 72 | 14% |
| Social Sciences | 14 | 3% |
| Unspecified | 13 | 3% |
| Environmental Science | 10 | 2% |
| Other | 52 | 10% |
| Unknown | 225 | 45% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 April 2023.
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#2,561,480
of 23,578,918 outputs
Outputs from BMC Health Services Research
#1,063
of 7,852 outputs
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#54,096
of 328,899 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Health Services Research
#47
of 209 outputs
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