Surgical Healthcare Workers Knowledge and Attitude on Infection Prevention and Control: A Case of Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana

Table 2

Respondents’ response on IPC knowledge.

Item or question	Correct response	Frequency (n = 156)	Percentage
Sources of surgical site wound infections
Hospital is a source of nosocomial infection	Yes	151	96.8
Nosocomial infection can be transmitted by medical equipment such as syringes, needles, catheters, stethoscopes, thermometers, etc.	Yes	144	92.3
All staffs and patients should be considered potentially infectious regardless of their diagnosis	Yes	151	96.8
Knowledge of surgical site wound infection preventive methods
Do you know how to prevent and control hospital-acquired infections?	Yes	151	96.8
Are you familiar with hospital-acquired infection prevention guidelines?	Yes	123	78.8
There is no infection control team in the hospital	Yes	75	48.1
Microbe organisms are not destroyed by using clean water alone	Yes	144	92.3
Do you know WHO’s 5 moments of hand hygiene?	Yes	72	46.2
You cannot handle body fluids with bare hands if gloves are not available	Yes	142	91.0

Source: field survey, 2019.