Research Article
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 |
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Source: field survey, 2019.
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