Clean and Safe Healthcare Environment: Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Infection Prevention and Control among Health Workforce at North Showa Zone Oromiya Region
Table 5
Factors (crude and adjusted odds ratios and confidence intervals) associated with good infection prevention and control practice among the HWF in NSHCFs environment, Oromiya region, Ethiopia, from January to February 2019 (n = 361).
Variables
Infection prevention and control practice Poor
Infection prevention and control practice Good
Crude OR (95% CI)
value
Adjusted OR (95% CI)
value
Sex
Male
145
99
1
1
Female
47
70
2.20 [1.39, 3.42]
3.87 [1.91, 7.86]
Age
20–29
108
123
2.08 [1.33, 3.24]
4.08 [1.97, 8.49]
30–42
84
46
1
1
Marital status
Single
59
72
1.7 [1.08, 2.58]
3.89 [1.92, 7.87]
Married
133
97
1
1
Profession
Nurse
99
60
0.22 (0.11, 0.46]
0.02 [0.01, 0.07]
Physician
21
34
0.59 [0.25, 1.39]
0.225
0.43 [0.14, 1.35]
0.147
Midwives
19
24
0.46 [0.19, 0.40]
0.04 [0.11, 0.15]
Medical laboratory science
41
18
0.16 [0.07, 0.38]
0.05 [0.02, 0.17]
Health officers and others
12
33
1
1
Year of experiences
<5
118
92
1
1
5–9
53
54
1.31 [0.82 ,2.08]
0.261
0.90 [0.43, 1.87]
0.776
≥10
21
23
1.41 [1.73, 3.69]
3.10 [1.19, 8.10]
Educational status
Diploma
30
53
1
1
BSc/MD
141
108
0.43 [0.26, 0.72]
0.13 [0.55, 0.30]
MSc
21
8
0.22 [0.09, 0.55]
0.02 [0.01, 0.10]
Knowledge
Poor
101
59
1
1
Good
91
110
2.07 [1.35, 3.16]
1.10 [0.56, 2.17]
0.775
Attitude
Negative
106
41
1
1
Positive
86
128
3.85 [2.45, 6.05]
10.07 [4.82, 21.05]
Aware HW guidelines
No
68
50
1
1
Yes
124
119
1.31 [0.84, 2.03]
0.239
1.46 [0.78, 2.74]
0.243
Water in the working area
No
147
101
1
1
Yes
45
68
2.20 [1.40, 3.46]
2.27 [1.18, 4.35]
Dustbins accessible
No
97
65
1
1
Yes
95
104
1.63 [1.07, 2.48]
1.44 [0.76, 2.66]
0.250
Training injection safety
No
152
111
1
1
Yes
40
58
1.98 [1.24, 3.18]
1.96 [0.90, 4.25]
0.090
Significant association ( value <0.05), value ≤0.001. HW: hand washing.
