Assessment of Knowledge and Practices of Standard Precaution against Blood Borne Pathogens among Doctors and Nurses at Adult Emergency Room in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Table 5
Factors associated with practice level of the study participants in selected hospitals from February to March 2018.
Variables
Response
Practice level
P value
Poor
Good
N
%
N
%
Training
No
36
78.3
10
21.7
<0.05
Yes
26
33.8
44
55.7
Profession
Doctor
25
78.1
7
21.9
<0.05
Nurse
24
26.4
67
73.6
Infection control officer
No
27
61.4
17
38.6
0.07
Yes
35
44.3
44
55.7
Infection control guideline in emergency room
No
32
68.1
15
31.9
0.002
Yes
30
39.5
46
60.5
Wearing gloves during invasive procedure
No
1
50
1
50
0.991
Yes
61
50.4
60
49.6
Discarded used material as per standard precaution guideline
No
27
71.1
11
28.9
0.002
Yes
35
41.2
50
58.8
Reused needle or syringe
No
35
39.3
54
60.7
<0.05
Yes
27
79.4
7
20.6
Wash hands before touching the patients
No
42
65.6
22
34.4
<0.05
Yes
20
33.9
39
66.1
Wearing personal protective equipment’s before touching the patients
