Abstract
Tuberculosis is one of the major public health problems in Kano. With the occurrence of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, little is known about the views of health care workers on this disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of healthcare professionals about prevention and control of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) at Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH), Kano, Nigeria. A cross-sectional study was conducted at Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH), Kano, Nigeria from November, 2018 to December, 2018. Data was collected using a pretested structured questionnaire. The data obtained were analyzed using SPSS software package (SPSS 16.0). Descriptive analysis was performed to obtain the frequency distribution of the variables. The results of this study indicate that, overall, less than half (68%) of respondents had good level of knowledge of MDR-TB; but the overwhelming majority of them held negative attitude towards patients with MDR-TB. In conclusion, less than half of respondents had good level of knowledge about MDR-TB, but 28.7% of them held negative attitude towards patients suffering from MDR-TB. Although the level of knowledge of MDR-TB was found not to have influenced the attitude of respondents towards patients suffering from MDR-TB; and that their attitude did not influence practices, good level of knowledge was positively associated with safer practices such as using protective masks, educating patients on MDR-TB, and referring to the MDR-TB guidelines manual. An educational remedial intervention and in-service training on the MDR-TB is recommended for all professionals especially primary health care workers. Key words: Multi drug- resistant, extensively drug-resistant, tuberculosis, health care workers  
Highlights
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), which is transmitted through the air or by ingesting infected milk or meat(Bovine TB) and it is both preventable and curable (Caminero, 2003; World Health Organization (WHO), 2006a).M. tuberculosis is carried in airborne particles, Infectious droplet nuclei are generated when persons who have pulmonary or laryngeal TB disease cough, sneeze, shout, or sing.Depending on the environment, these tiny particles can remain suspended in the air for several hours
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), which is transmitted through the air or by ingesting infected milk or meat(Bovine TB) and it is both preventable and curable (Caminero, 2003; WHO, 2006a).M. tuberculosis is carried in airborne particles, Infectious droplet nuclei are generated when persons who have pulmonary or laryngeal TB disease cough, sneeze, shout, or sing
The socioeconomic characteristics of the study showed that, among all healthcare workers, nurses constituted the majority of participants 38 (25.3%) and 115(76.7%) of respondents had over five years working experience (Table 2)
Summary
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), which is transmitted through the air or by ingesting infected milk or meat(Bovine TB) and it is both preventable and curable (Caminero, 2003; WHO, 2006a).M. tuberculosis is carried in airborne particles, Infectious droplet nuclei are generated when persons who have pulmonary or laryngeal TB disease cough, sneeze, shout, or sing.Depending on the environment, these tiny particles can remain suspended in the air for several hours. Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), which is transmitted through the air or by ingesting infected milk or meat(Bovine TB) and it is both preventable and curable (Caminero, 2003; WHO, 2006a).M. tuberculosis is carried in airborne particles, Infectious droplet nuclei are generated when persons who have pulmonary or laryngeal TB disease cough, sneeze, shout, or sing. M. tuberculosis is transmitted through the air, not by surface contact. Transmission occurs when a person inhales droplet nuclei containing Mycobacterium. Tuberculosis and the droplet nuclei traverse the mouth or nasal passages, upper respiratory tract, and bronchi to reach the alveoli of the lungs (CDC, 2003). The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that almost 9 million new patients develop TB each year, and that 1.8 million people died from TB globally in 2008 (WHO, 2009). If TB is detected early and fully treated, people with the disease quickly become non-infectious and are eventually cured (Caminero, 2008)
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