Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Infection Control and Waste Management among Traditional Medicine Practitioners in Bhutan, 2019: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey
Table 2
Knowledge on infection control and waste management among Bhutanese Traditional Medicine practitioners interviewed for the KAP survey on infection control and waste management, 2019 (n = 132).
Knowledge parameters
Responses
n
(%)
How many steps are there in handwashing in the World Health Organization guideline?1
Correct
83
(64)
Incorrect
46
(36)
Five moments of handwashing
Before touching a patient
Yes
70
(53)
No
62
(47)
Before clean/aseptic procedures
Yes
23
(17)
No
109
(83)
After body fluid exposure/risk
Yes
63
(48)
No
69
(52)
After touching a patient
Yes
96
(73)
No
36
(27)
After touching patient surroundings.
Yes
6
(5)
No
126
(95)
If you are performing a bloodletting procedure, what type of gloves will you use in an ideal situation?2
Correct
62
(73)
Incorrect
23
(27)
After performing a bloodletting procedure, where will you dispose your scalpel?3
Correct
10
(12)
Incorrect
74
(88)
After performing a bloodletting procedure, where will you dispose the gauze material?3
Correct
65
(78)
Incorrect
19
(22)
After performing a bloodletting procedure, what is the first step before you dispose the blood?4
Correct
66
(80)
Incorrect
16
(20)
Which of the following steps in traditional medicine can spread microorganisms?5
Measuring pulse
Yes
10
(8)
No
111
(92)
Bloodletting
Yes
110
(91)
No
11
(9)
Dispensing medicine
Yes
2
(2)
No
119
(98)
Cupping
Yes
36
(30)
No
85
(70)
Gold needle therapy
Yes
24
(20)
No
97
(80)
Which of the following are NOT personal protective equipment?6
Mask
Yes
6
(5)
No
124
(95)
Patient registers
Yes
95
(73)
No
34
(27)
Medicines
Yes
41
(32)
No
89
(68)
Gloves
Yes
7
(5)
No
123
(95)
1Missing = 3. 2Missing = 47. 3Missing = 48. 4Missing = 48. 4Missing = 50. 5Missing = 11. 6Missing = 2.The superscripts represent the number of missing data for each variable.
