Compliance and determinants of infection prevention and control practices among sanitary workers in public hospitals, Eastern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Best practice of infection prevention and control (IPC) is a hallmark for the patient care in health care settings, but it is a major problem in developing countries like Ethiopia where resources are limited. Ethiopia Federal Ministry of Health working to strengthen its IPC program, but still it there is no organized study conducted on assessment of performance gaps and implementation challenges of IPC practice faced by hospital staffs particularly among sanitary workers (SWs) at public hospitals inline to national and international guidelines.

Aim

This study focuses on compliance and determinants of IPC among sanitary worker in public hospitals in eastern Ethiopia: A cross sectional study design.

Method

A cross-sectional study was conducted among 809 SWs a

SUBMITTER: Tolera ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11342045 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature