Predictors of practicing universal precaution in prevention of nosocomial infection among medical and nursing students in a Nigerian teaching hospital
Background: Hospital acquired infections are increasingly becoming a public health problem and happen usually as a result of poor compliance to standard precaution practices among Health Care Workers (HCW). Health care students are exposed to infectious diseases during their clinical training and ma...
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| author | Balami, Lawan Gana Ismail, Suriani Muhamad Saliluddin, Suhainizam Garba, Sani Hyedima |
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| description | Background: Hospital acquired infections are increasingly becoming a public health problem and happen usually as a result of poor compliance to standard precaution practices among Health Care Workers (HCW). Health care students are exposed to infectious diseases during their clinical training and may have to perform certain procedures which place this young inexperienced population at a significant risk of contracting and transmitting such diseases.
Objectives: To determine the predictors of compliance with universal precaution practices among medical and nursing students in a Nigerian teaching hospital. Study design: A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 423 under-graduate medical and nursing students from University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital. Materials and Methods: Respondents were selected using multi-stage stratified random sampling. Data was collected using a pretested structured self-administered questionnaire and analyzed using IBM-SPSS version 22. Chi-square test was used for association between categorical variables while Spearman’s correlation was used to analyze correlation between continuous variables. Logistic regression was used to determine predictors of practice. Results: The mean practice score was 63.7 ±8.7; about 72.8% had good practice. Predictors of practice were age (AOR = 1.2, 95% CI = 1.12 - 1.28) and year of studies (AOR = 2.4, 95% CI = 1.17- 5.40). Conclusion: Majority of participants had good practice scores however there is still room for improvement.
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| spelling | upm-536442017-11-21T05:02:26Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53644/ Predictors of practicing universal precaution in prevention of nosocomial infection among medical and nursing students in a Nigerian teaching hospital Balami, Lawan Gana Ismail, Suriani Muhamad Saliluddin, Suhainizam Garba, Sani Hyedima Background: Hospital acquired infections are increasingly becoming a public health problem and happen usually as a result of poor compliance to standard precaution practices among Health Care Workers (HCW). Health care students are exposed to infectious diseases during their clinical training and may have to perform certain procedures which place this young inexperienced population at a significant risk of contracting and transmitting such diseases. Objectives: To determine the predictors of compliance with universal precaution practices among medical and nursing students in a Nigerian teaching hospital. Study design: A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 423 under-graduate medical and nursing students from University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital. Materials and Methods: Respondents were selected using multi-stage stratified random sampling. Data was collected using a pretested structured self-administered questionnaire and analyzed using IBM-SPSS version 22. Chi-square test was used for association between categorical variables while Spearman’s correlation was used to analyze correlation between continuous variables. Logistic regression was used to determine predictors of practice. Results: The mean practice score was 63.7 ±8.7; about 72.8% had good practice. Predictors of practice were age (AOR = 1.2, 95% CI = 1.12 - 1.28) and year of studies (AOR = 2.4, 95% CI = 1.17- 5.40). Conclusion: Majority of participants had good practice scores however there is still room for improvement. The International Journal of Health Sciences and Research 2016-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53644/1/Predictors%20of%20practicing%20universal%20precaution%20in%20prevention%20.pdf Balami, Lawan Gana and Ismail, Suriani and Muhamad Saliluddin, Suhainizam and Garba, Sani Hyedima (2016) Predictors of practicing universal precaution in prevention of nosocomial infection among medical and nursing students in a Nigerian teaching hospital. International Journal of Health Sciences and Research, 6 (10). pp. 1-9. ISSN 2249-9571 http://www.ijhsr.org/IJHSR_Vol.6_Issue.10_Oct2016/IJHSR_Abstract.01.html |
| spellingShingle | Balami, Lawan Gana Ismail, Suriani Muhamad Saliluddin, Suhainizam Garba, Sani Hyedima Predictors of practicing universal precaution in prevention of nosocomial infection among medical and nursing students in a Nigerian teaching hospital |
| title | Predictors of practicing universal precaution in prevention of nosocomial infection among medical and nursing students in a Nigerian teaching hospital |
| title_full | Predictors of practicing universal precaution in prevention of nosocomial infection among medical and nursing students in a Nigerian teaching hospital |
| title_fullStr | Predictors of practicing universal precaution in prevention of nosocomial infection among medical and nursing students in a Nigerian teaching hospital |
| title_full_unstemmed | Predictors of practicing universal precaution in prevention of nosocomial infection among medical and nursing students in a Nigerian teaching hospital |
| title_short | Predictors of practicing universal precaution in prevention of nosocomial infection among medical and nursing students in a Nigerian teaching hospital |
| title_sort | predictors of practicing universal precaution in prevention of nosocomial infection among medical and nursing students in a nigerian teaching hospital |
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