Compliance of healthcare workers with the infection prevention and control guidance in tertiary care hospitals: quantitative findings from an explanatory sequential mixed-methods study in Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess healthcare workers' (HCWs) compliance with the infection prevention and control (IPC) practices and identify the factors influencing this compliance using the Health Belief Model as the theoretical framework.

Design

Quantitative data from an explanatory sequential mixed-methods study were employed in this research.

Participants and settings

From 17 May to 30 August 2020, 604 physicians and nurses working at six randomly selected tertiary care facilities in Dhaka City in Bangladesh took part in this study.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Compliance with the WHO's guidance on IPC measures, as well as the associated factors, was the primary outcome.

Results

A mean compliance score of 0.49 (±0.25) was observed on a 0-1 scale. HCWs

SUBMITTER: Salwa M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9195156 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature