Knowledge and Compliance with Standard Precautions amongst Healthcare Workers in Selected Hospitals in Rivers State, Nigeria
Asian Journal of Medicine and Health,
Page 11-22
DOI:
10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i230181
Abstract
Background: Standard precautions (SPs) in the hospital are very important in the reduction of health care workers’ exposure to occupational health hazards but most hospitals are used to reactive rather than proactive safety practices. The effect of reactive safety practices is overwhelming to health care workers, hospitals and the society. Thus, this study assessed health care workers’ knowledge and compliance with standard precautions.
Materials and Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional design and proportionate stratified random sampling method was adopted and a sample size of 391was selected using Taro-Yamane formula. The study relied on a structured questionnaire to elicit information from respondents and a reliability of 0.87 was obtained. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used with the aid of statistical package for social science (SPSS) software version 21.
Results: Healthcare workers’ (HCWs) have fair knowledge of SPs and poor compliance with SPs. Also, there is significant association between HCWs’ knowledge of SPs and gender, marital status, years of experience and job category in the hospitals (p < 0.05). Consequently, there is significant association between compliance with SPs and gender, years of experience and job categories in the hospitals (p < 0.05).
Conclusion: There is great need for strong advocacy on knowledge of SPs and compliance with SPs in the hospitals to curb increasing occupational health hazards. The Nigeria government and hospital managements should develop an all-encompassing integrated SPs policies, strategies and procedures consistent with global best practices.
Keywords:
- Knowledge
- compliance
- standard precautions
- personal protective equipment
- hospitals.
How to Cite
Ogbonda, P. N., Douglas, K., & Moore, B. M. (2020). Knowledge and Compliance with Standard Precautions amongst Healthcare Workers in Selected Hospitals in Rivers State, Nigeria. Asian Journal of Medicine and Health, 18(2), 11-22. https://doi.org/10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i230181
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Zungu L, Sengane M, Setswe K. Knowledge and experiences of needle prick injuries (NPI) among nursing students at a university in Gauteng, South Africa. South African Family Practice. 2008;50(5):48-48c.
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Available:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsic.2015.11.002
Ndu AC, Arinze-Onyia, SU. Standard precaution knowledge and adherence: Do doctors differ from medical laboratory scientists? Malawi Medical Journal. 2017: 29(4), 294–300.
Available:https://doi.org/10.4314/mmj.v29i4.3.
Aluko OO, Adebayo AE, Adebisi TF, Ewegbemi MK, Abidoye AT, Popoola BF. Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of occupational hazards and safety practices in Nigerian healthcare workers. BMC Research Notes. 2016;9(1):71.
Available:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-016-1880-2
Hassan M, Awosan KJ, Nasir S, Tunau K, Burodo A, Yakubu A, Oche MO. Knowledge, risk perception and hepatitis B vaccination status of healthcare workers in Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria. Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology. 2016;8(4):53–59. Available:https://doi.org/10.5897/JPHE2015.0795
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Available:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2016.07.004
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Available:https://doi.org/10.1177/1757177414558957
Okaro A, Eze C, Ohagwu C. Awareness, Knowledge and Attitude of Radiographers towards HIV/AIDS Patients Attending Radiology Clinics in Enugu State, Nigeria. European Journal of Scientific Research. 2010;39(3):440–447.
Available:http://www.acrobatplanet.com/go/Knowledge_and_Attitude_of_Radiographers.pdf
Gammon J, Morgan-Samuel H, Gould D. A review of the evidence for suboptimal compliance of healthcare practitioners to standard/universal infection control precautions. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 2008;17(2):157–167. Available:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01852.x
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Available:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21670783
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Available:https://doi.org/10.1159/000335278
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Available:https://doi.org/10.3396/IJIC.V8I3.10003
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Available:https://doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.122010
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Healthcare Safety Network patient safety component manual. Available:http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/TOC_PSCManual.html.2011.
Huang C, Wenjun M, Susan S. The hygienic efficacy of different hand-drying methods: A review of the evidence. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2012;87(8). Elsevier.
Towey L. Standard Precautions Policy; 2016.
Available:https://www.ashfordstpeters.info/images/policies/INF75.pdf.
Powers D, Armellino D, Dolansky M, Fitzpatrick J. Factors influencing nurse compliance with Standard Precautions. American Journal of Infection Control. 2016;44(1):4–7.
Available:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2015.10.001
Mcgrowder D, Vaz K, Alexander-lindo R, Gordon J, Brown PRI. Knowledge, awareness and compliance with universal care workers at the. Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2010;1(4):171–181.
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