Knowledge And Practice Of Infection Prevention And Control Among Nurses Working In Hospitals In Ogoja LGA

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Abstract

This study focused on the Knowledge and Practice of infection prevention and control among nurses working in hospitals in Ogoja LGA as case study. The study is was specifically focused on examining the knowledge of infection prevention and control among nurses working in hospitals in Ogoja LGA, the attitude of nurses towards infection prevention and control in Ogoja LGA and investigating the practice of infection prevention and control among nurses working in hospitals in Ogoja LGA, Using hospitals like General Hospital Ogoja, Catholic Maternity Hospital Ogoja, Children’s Health Clinic Mbube, and Mother Ignatian Hospital Mbok. All in Ogoja LGA. Three research questions guided the study. The study adopted the survey research design and randomly enrolled participants in the study. A total of 200 responses were validated from the enrolled participants where all respondent are among nurses working in hospitals in Ogoja LGA. The age of the respondents ranged from 22–60 years, with a mean age of 38.3+9.1 years. Majority of the respondents had good knowledge 79.0%, attitude 70.0% and practice 91.50% of infection prevention and controls respectively. Less than half of the respondents 87 (43.5%) reported always recapping needles after use, 52 (26.0%) always detach needles from syringes and 105 (52.5%) had experienced needle stick injuries in the last one year. Furthermore, respondents showed poor immunization status as only 40.0% had been immunized against hepatitis B virus.
The study recommended training and re-training of staffs regularly on infection prevention and controls; hepatitis B virus immunization should be made compulsory, needle recapping should be prohibited, unsafe and unwarranted use of injections should be minimized and a post exposure prophylaxis protocol should be in place with a well-known designated focal person.