Knowledge, attitude and tuberculosis infection control practice among healthcare workers in DOTS centres in Lagos, Nigeria
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Date
2016
Authors
Agantem, E.E.
Oridota, E.S.
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Publisher
Int J Infect Control
Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) is highly transmissible in resource-limited healthcare facilities and healthcare workers
(HCWs) are at increased risk for acquiring TB in such settings. Training of HCWs in the different areas of a TB
control program including TB infection control (IC) has been identified as an important factor in increasing the
success of TB control, since they are responsible for the implementation of IC measures in healthcare settings.
The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of infection control among HCWs in
Directly Observed Treatment – Short course (DOTS) centres in Lagos State, Nigeria. This was a questionnaire
based, cross sectional study involving 182 HCWs in 9 DOTS centres in Lagos State, including an assessment
of the implementation of TB infection control measures in nine DOTS centres. While most of the questions
were correctly answered by most participants, only 64.3% of respondents were able to correctly differentiate
between pictures of an N95 respirator and a face mask. Attitudes were mostly in compliance to TB infection
control guidelines and the majority of respondents reported always carrying out all of the five TB infection
control activities. Not all respondents knew their HIV status. Two centres did not have a documented TB
infection control policy but all had open air ventilation of patients’ waiting areas. There are significant gaps
in knowledge on TB infection control among HCWs in DOTS centres and practice of TB infection control in
DOTS centres in Lagos State is not fully compliant with national guidelines
Description
Scholarly article
Keywords
Tuberculosis , Infection control , Health knowledge , Observed therapy , Attitudes , Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Education
Citation
Agantem EE, Oridota ES.(2016). Knowledge, attitude and tuberculosis infection control practice among healthcare workers in DOTS centres in Lagos, Nigeria Int J Infect Control 2016, v12:i4 d; 1-9.