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Knowledge, attitude and practice of health care workers toward Hepatitis B virus infection, Sudan
S H Bakry1, A F Mustafa, Ahmed S Eldalo
1Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Gezira, Gezira, Sudan.
Objective:
This study was set out to assess health care providers' knowledge, attitude and practice towards hepatitis B virus infection (HBV).
Methods:
A cross sectional study was carried out, in four public hospitals in Wad Medani, Sudan. Anonymous pre-tested questionnaire was completed by 295 different health care providers. The response rate was 100%.
Results:
The study revealed that, 97.2% of doctors, 98.6% of nurses, 94.8% of laboratory technicians and 95.7% of other paramedical knew that HBV transmitted via blood. For hygienic precautionary measure; the current study disclosed that (81%) of the responding providers were routinely used to recap needles after use and only (33%) of doctors were always wearing gloves. Gloves were not readily available in all units where there is a high risk of infectious occupational exposure. More than 50% (p < 0.001) of health care workers were not vaccinated against HBV. Healthcare workers had poor knowledge about Universal Standard Precautions Guidelines, and do not fully appreciate their occupational risk regarding hepatitis B infection. Set of recommendations was proposed for formulation and implementation of standard precautions guidelines.
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