Knowledge, attitude and tuberculosis infection control practice among healthcare workers in DOTS centres in Lagos, Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorAgantem, E.E.
dc.contributor.authorOridota, E.S.
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-10T16:08:34Z
dc.date.available2022-08-10T16:08:34Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionScholarly articleen_US
dc.description.abstractTuberculosis (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 guidelinesen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNilen_US
dc.identifier.citationAgantem 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.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/11026
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInt J Infect Controlen_US
dc.subjectTuberculosisen_US
dc.subjectInfection controlen_US
dc.subjectHealth knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectObserved therapyen_US
dc.subjectAttitudesen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Educationen_US
dc.titleKnowledge, attitude and tuberculosis infection control practice among healthcare workers in DOTS centres in Lagos, Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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