Knowledge, attitudes practice of infection prevention measure among health care providers at kafue district hospital, nchanga south mine hospital and maina soko military hospital
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description: The study was aimed at determining the knowledge, attitude and practice of infection prevention among the health care providers at Mina Soko Military Hospital, Kafue District Hospital and Nchanga South Mine Hospital. The focus was directed at knowledge, attitude and practice of health care providers on infection prevention measures. Studies have been done on general nurses, mid wives and medical doctors but no study has been done on other health care providers such as paramedics, non- proffessional health wokers and pschosocial councellors, thereby identifying a gap in the infection prevention practices.Infection prevention program has been promoted as a strategy to reduce nosocomial infections and to minimize adverse social outcomes associated with unexpected expenditure due to patients long staying in the hospitals. The researcher investigated the knowledge attitude and practice of infection prevention measures among the health care providers at Mina Soko Military Hospital, Kafue District Hospital in Lusaka Province and Nchanga South Mine Hospital on the Copper Belt province-Zambia.A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted at the above named hospitals. The study population included the medical doctors, nurses, paramedics, psychosocial counselors and non-professional health care providers. A sample comprising of 150 respondents was selected using systematic random sampling method. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. Quantitative data was grouped manually and was analyzed using the SPSS software of the computer. Data was presented in the form of frequency tables, pie-chats and bar-chats. Cross tabulations was used to determine the relationship between variables.The findings of the study revealed that all the respondents 100% (150) had heard about infection prevention. Out of the 100% who had heard of infection prevention 67% had high knowledge. The study also indicated that all the respondents 100 % (150) had positive attitude towards…
abstract: The study was aimed at determining the knowledge, attitude and practice of infection prevention among the health care providers at Mina Soko Military Hospital, Kafue District Hospital and Nchanga South Mine Hospital. The focus was directed at knowledge, attitude and practice of health care providers on infection prevention measures. Studies have been done on general nurses, mid wives and medical doctors but no study has been done on other health care providers such as paramedics, non- proffessional health wokers and pschosocial councellors, thereby identifying a gap in the infection prevention practices.Infection prevention program has been promoted as a strategy to reduce nosocomial infections and to minimize adverse social outcomes associated with unexpected expenditure due to patients long staying in the hospitals. The researcher investigated the knowledge attitude and practice of infection prevention measures among the health care providers at Mina Soko Military Hospital, Kafue District Hospital in Lusaka Province and Nchanga South Mine Hospital on the Copper Belt province-Zambia.A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted at the above named hospitals. The study population included the medical doctors, nurses, paramedics, psychosocial counselors and non-professional health care providers. A sample comprising of 150 respondents was selected using systematic random sampling method. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. Quantitative data was grouped manually and was analyzed using the SPSS software of the computer. Data was presented in the form of frequency tables, pie-chats and bar-chats. Cross tabulations was used to determine the relationship between variables.The findings of the study revealed that all the respondents 100% (150) had heard about infection prevention. Out of the 100% who had heard of infection prevention 67% had high knowledge. The study also indicated that all the respondents 100 % (150) had positive attitude towards…
author: Chiboola, Bridget
language: en
keywords: Nosocomial infections--Prevention
date published: 2013-06-27
date modified: 2026-07-27T22:06:13Z
provider: University of Zambia
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: The University of Zambia