Emilia Ayogu Ebere, Aheebwa Arafati, Obiezu Ezeonwumelu Joseph, Jennifer Ebosie, Abdulmuminu Isah, Narayana Goruntla, Victoria Ukwe Chinwe
Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Kampala International University, School of Pharmacy, 00256, Western Campus, Ishaka, Uganda.
Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Management, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.
Afr J Infect Dis. 2024 Jul 4;18(2 Suppl):22-33. doi: 10.21010/Ajidv18i2S.5. eCollection 2024.
Infection prevention and control involve health care practitioners, who are saddled with the duty of ensuring implementation of standard preventive measures to prevent healthcare associated infections.
To assess the knowledge and predictors of implementation of standard precautions for infection prevention and control among health care practitioners (HCPs).
A questionnaire-based cross-sectional design was employed in assessing HCPs in Uganda in from April - October 2023. Data were analyzed using descriptive, Pearsons' correlation, linear and binary logistic regression with the aid of SPSS Version 22.
Among the 222 healthcare practitioners assessed, 127 (57.2%) and 115 (51.8 %) had good knowledge and practice towards implementation of standard infection prevention and control precautions respectively. Chi square analysis indicated that age of healthcare practitioner (p=0.02; CI: 0.018 - 0.23), hospital unit of practice (p=0.003; CI: 0.002 - 0.004) and the type of facility where the health care practitioner works is significantly associated with their knowledge, while profession of the healthcare practitioner (p=0.002; CI: 0.001-0.003) and hospital unit of practice (p=0.002; CI: 0.001-0.003) were associated with implementation of the standard infection prevention and control precautions. Linear regression revealed knowledge is a significant predictor of good practice towards implementation of preventive measures (OR = 0.19; CI 0.102 - 0.272; p < 0.001).
Healthcare practitioners had poor knowledge and practice towards infection prevention. Thus, emphasizing continuous education and training for all healthcare professionals about infection prevention and control interventions as well as strict adherence to proper infection prevention and control practices.
感染预防与控制涉及医护人员，他们肩负着确保实施标准预防措施以预防医疗相关感染的责任。
评估医护人员中感染预防与控制标准预防措施实施的知识及预测因素。
2023年4月至10月，采用基于问卷的横断面设计对乌干达的医护人员进行评估。借助SPSS 22版对数据进行描述性分析、皮尔逊相关性分析、线性和二元逻辑回归分析。
在评估的222名医护人员中，分别有127名（57.2%）和115名（51.8%）对标准感染预防与控制预防措施的实施有良好的知识和实践。卡方分析表明，医护人员的年龄（p = 0.02；CI：0.018 - 0.23）、执业医院科室（p = 0.003；CI：0.002 - 0.004）以及医护人员工作的机构类型与他们的知识显著相关，而医护人员的职业（p = 0.002；CI：0.001 - 0.003）和执业医院科室（p = 0.002；CI：0.001 - 0.003）与标准感染预防与控制预防措施的实施相关。线性回归显示，知识是预防措施实施良好实践的重要预测因素（OR = 0.19；CI 0.102 - 0.272；p < 0.001）。
医护人员对感染预防的知识和实践较差。因此，应强调对所有医护专业人员进行关于感染预防与控制干预措施的持续教育和培训，以及严格遵守适当的感染预防与控制实践。
