Table 1.
Knowledge about health care-associated infections and control measures
| Number of question | Questions (correct response) | n | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health care-associated infections that a healthcare worker can acquire from a patient | |||
| B1b | Hepatitis C (true) | 289 | 94.1 |
| B1c | Human Immunodeficiency Virus (true) | 277 | 90.2 |
| B1h | Tetanus (false) | 264 | 86 |
| B1d | Influenza (true) | 189 | 61.6 |
| B1a | Hepatitis B (true) | 177 | 57.7 |
| B1i | Tuberculosis (true) | 122 | 39.7 |
| B1f | Mumps (true) | 43 | 14 |
| B1g | Rubella (true) | 43 | 14 |
| B1l | Varicella (true) | 40 | 13 |
| B1e | Measles (true) | 35 | 11.4 |
| Health care-associated infections that a healthcare worker can transmit to a patient | |||
| B2h | Tetanus (false) | 297 | 96.7 |
| B2d | Influenza (true) | 210 | 68.4 |
| B2b | Hepatitis C (true) | 95 | 30.9 |
| B2c | Human Immunodeficiency Virus (true) | 74 | 24.1 |
| B2i | Tuberculosis (true) | 48 | 15.6 |
| B2a | Hepatitis B (true) | 45 | 14.7 |
| B2f | Mumps (true) | 17 | 5.5 |
| B2l | Varicella (true) | 16 | 5.2 |
| B2e | Measles (true) | 14 | 4.6 |
| B2g | Rubella (true) | 14 | 4.6 |
| Control measures | |||
| B6 | Wearing gloves, mask, and protective eyewear (true) | 289 | 94.1 |
| B4 | Hands hygiene measures after removing gloves (true) | 281 | 91.5 |
| B5 | Changing mask before going to another patient (true) | 222 | 72.3 |
| Risk factors | |||
| B7 | Invasive procedures (true) | 281 | 91.5 |
| B8 | HCWs' hands are vehicle for transmission of nosocomial pathogens (true) | 275 | 89.6 |
HCW = Healthcare worker