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Knowledge, attitude and prevention practice against hospital-acquired infections among healthcare workers in National Hospital Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

*1Ilori, O. R., 2,3Attama, U. C., 4Ilori, O. S., 5Akin-Dosumu, V. T., and 5Anegbe, N. E.

1Department of Community Medicine, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria

2National Hospital, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

3Postgraduate School, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria

4Department of Surgery, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria

5Department of Community Medicine, LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Nigeria *Correspondence to: orilori@lautech.edu.ng; 07031038682; ORCID: 0000-0002-3791-1022

 

Abstract:
Background: Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) pose serious challenges to safe and high-quality healthcare delivery. They are associated with prolonged hospital stays, disability, economic burden, and mortality, and are usually consequences of poor infection prevention and control practices. The objective of this study was to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of healthcare workers on infection prevention, and the determining factors at the National Hospital Abuja, Nigeria. Continue reading “Knowledge, attitude and prevention practice against hospital-acquired infections among healthcare workers in National Hospital Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria”

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of blood culture: A cross sectional study among medical doctors in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital

CK Ojide, AI Onwuezobe, EE Asuquo, CS Obiagwu

 

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Background: Blood culture is one of the most important investigations done in clinical microbiology laboratories. Not only has it been long recognized as the ggold standardh for diagnosis of Blood Stream Infections (BSIs), very important decisions regarding septicaemic patientsf management are based on it. Being a user-dependent diagnostic test, quality of results often depends on the performer.
Aim: To study the knowledge, attitude and practice of blood culture among doctors in a Nigerian tertiary hospital.
Materials and Methods: A pre-tested self-administered semi- structured questionnaire developed by the research team was used to access the biodata, knowledge, attitude and practice of blood culture among doctors in our institution.
Results: Forty-eight (54.5%) out of the 88 doctors studied had good knowledge regarding blood culture, 34 (38.6%) moderate knowledge and 6 (6.8%) poor knowledge. Majority of the senior registrars (75.0%),  registrars (64.3%) and house officers (65.9%) studied had good  knowledge while majority of the consultants (75.0%) had moderate knowledge. Doctors from paediatrics (62.5%) and internal medicine (60.0%) departments had higher proportions with good knowledge  compared to those from surgery (57.9%) and obstetrics and gynaecology (45.0%) (p = 0.240). Majority of the doctors with <10 years experience as doctors (57.0%) had good knowledge compared to 33.3% recorded among those .10 years. Attitude and practice was generally positive.
Conclusion: Through this study areas of unsatisfactory knowledge, attitude and practice of blood culture were identified.
This will help in designing an educational intervention programme for the purpose of addressing identified problems areas in blood culture.

KEYWORDS: Blood culture, Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Doctors

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of blood culture A cross sectional study among medical doctors in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital