Abstract
BackgroundInfection in healthcare facilities is a major public health problem in most developing countries like Ethiopia. Currently the overall incidence of health care associated infection has been increased and burden of these infections is staggering. This study aimed to assess health care workers compliance with standard precaution practices and associated factors in public health institutions of Dawuro zone, south west Ethiopia, 2016.MethodsAn institution based cross sectional study was conducted from February1–30/ 2016 in 17 health institutions found in Dawuro zone. Data were collected using a pre-tested questionnaire on 250 health care workers selected by simple random sampling technique. Collected data was checked, coded and analyzed by using SPSS version 20. A P-value less than 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.ResultTwo hundred fifty health care workers were participated in the study. Out of the total respondents, 162(65.0%) of respondents had complied with standard precaution practices. Service year less than or equal to 5 years, training on standard precaution, having good hand hygiene and availability of personal protective equipment were independently associated with compliance to standard precaution practices.ConclusionSignificant numbers of health care workers were not complied with standard precaution practices in this study. Therefore strategies targeted in fulfilling health institutions with supplies like hand hygiene material, Personal Protective equipment and training on standard precaution will improve compliance with standard precaution practice.
Highlights
Infection in healthcare facilities is a major public health problem in most developing countries like Ethiopia
This finding is different from the study conducted in Mekele which showed that 43% of health care workers complied with standard precaution practices [13]
This study showed that health care workers with less than or equal to 5 years service were 2.5 times more likely complied with standard precaution practice compared to those health care workers with greater than five service years
Summary
Infection in healthcare facilities is a major public health problem in most developing countries like Ethiopia. This study aimed to assess health care workers compliance with standard precaution practices and associated factors in public health institutions of Dawuro zone, south west Ethiopia, 2016. Standard Precautions are work practices required to achieve a maximal level of infection control for the treatment of all clients regardless of diagnosis. It refers to all policies, procedures and activities which aim to prevent or minimize the risk of transmission of infectious disease at health care institutions. This study aimed to assess health care workers compliance with standard precaution practices and associated factors in public health institutions of Dawuro zone
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