Research Article
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Related to Malaria Diagnosis among Healthcare Workers in Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Table 4
Practice of malaria detection.
| | Parameters | Medical technologist
Freq.% | Laboratory
scientist
Freq.% | Others
Freq.% | Total
Freq.% |
| | Does thick blood smear with Giemsa require fixing technique with absolute methanol? | 75 (78.1) | 11 (91.7) | 8 (80) | 94 (79.7) | | Does thick blood film with a lesser amount of blood lead to misinterpreting results? | 80 (83.3) | 11 (91.7) | 8 (80) | 99 (83.9) | | Should blood smear be air-dried before fixing? | 92 (95.8) | 11 (91.7) | 9 (90) | 112 (94.9) | | Should the nucleus of white blood cells be dark blue in case of good quality of Giemsa staining? | 71 (74) | 8 (66.7) | 8 (80) | 87 (73.7) | | Do pure Giemsa require stirring before filtering and filtering before using every time? | 86 (89.6) | 9 (75) | 10 (100) | 105 (89) | | Does destaining require slowly rinsing the glass slide with tap water to completely destain? | 85 (88.5) | 11 (91.7) | 9 (90) | 105 (89) | | Should the Giemsa diluent be neutral at pH 7.2? | 91 (94.8) | 11 (91.7) | 10 (100) | 112 (94.9) | | Should pure Giemsa be stored in a brown bottle and tightly screwed closed to protect against evaporation and oxidation reaction? | 84 (87.5) | 10 (83.3) | 10 (100) | 105 (89) | | Should detection of malaria by blood film technique be done via objective lens? | 86 (89.6) | 10 (83.3) | 10 (100) | 106 (89.8) | | Does thin blood smear require well margins of spreader and suitable drop of blood? | 91 (94.8) | 9 (75) | 9 (90) | 109 (92.4) | | Mean score (X±SD) | 8.35±1.06 | 8.17±1.59 | 8.5±1.35 | 8.34±1.14 |
|
|
