Table 3.
Hand Hygiene and Tuberculosis Infection Control Attitudes
| Attitudes | Responses in Agreement |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total N=261 |
Doctors N=132 |
Nurses N=129 |
P* | |
| Hand Hygiene | ||||
| 17. Hand Hygiene agents are not always available | 201 (77) | 112 (85) | 89 (69) | <.01 |
| 18. Clean towels to dry my hands after washing are not always available | 231 (89) | 127 (96) | 104 (81) | <.01 |
| 19. Gloves are always available when needed | 146 (56) | 64 (49) | 82 (64) | 0.01 |
| 20. Sinks are inconveniently located | 124 (48) | 87 (66) | 37 (29) | <.01 |
| 21. Sinks are not available | 79 (30) | 49 (37) | 30 (23) | 0.02 |
| 22. Hand hygiene agents cause irritation and dryness | 176 (67) | 89 (67) | 87 (67) | 0.99 |
| 23. Hand hygiene interferes with HCW-patient interactions | 62 (24) | 30 (23) | 32 (25) | 0.69 |
| 24. I often forget to perform hand hygiene | 95 (37) | 68 (52) | 27 (21) | <.01 |
| 25. I have a very low risk of acquiring infections from my patients | 41 (16) | 14 (11) | 27 (21) | 0.02 |
| 26. If I perform hand hygiene, I am less likely to transmit infections to my patients | 242 (93) | 123 (93) | 119 (92) | 0.77 |
| 27. Prevention of HAIs is a valuable part of HCWs role | 244 (94) | 128 (97) | 116 (90) | 0.02 |
| 28. I have received training about the importance of hand hygiene | 131 (50) | 61 (46) | 70 (54) | 0.19 |
| 29. The importance of hand hygiene is emphasized by my clinical supervisors | 79 (30) | 43 (33) | 36 (28) | 0.41 |
| 30. I would feel uncomfortable reminding a HCW to perform hand hygiene | 70 (27) | 44 (33) | 26 (20) | 0.02 |
| Tuberculosis Infection Control | ||||
| 31. The laboratory does not have adequate capacity to diagnosis active TB | 69 (26) | 45 (34) | 24 (19) | <.01 |
| 32. I trust the results the laboratory provides me on AFB sputum cultures | 160 (61) | 74 (56) | 86 (67) | 0.08 |
| 33. There is limited availability of masks for HCWs caring for active TB patients | 200 (77) | 108 (82) | 92 (71) | 0.04 |
| 34. Using masks to protect HCWs from TB is important | 236 (90) | 120 (91) | 116 (90) | 0.79 |
| 35. UV light is an effective TB infection control measure | 107 (41) | 74 (56) | 33 (26) | <.01 |
| 36. UV lights can harm HCWs | 131 (50) | 56 (42) | 75 (58) | 0.01 |
| 37. Separating active TB patients from other patients is an effective strategy for preventing transmission of TB | 227 (87) | 117 (89) | 110 (85) | 0.42 |
| 38. There is limited availability to isolate patients with proven/suspected active TB | 197 (76) | 112 (85) | 85 (66) | <.01 |
| 39. There is limited availability of anti-TB medicines for active TB patients | 43 (16) | 14 (11) | 29 (23) | <.01 |
| 40. I think TB infection control is important to protect patients | 244 (94) | 125 (95) | 119 (92) | 0.42 |
| 41. I have a very low risk of acquiring TB from my patients | 52 (20) | 16 (12) | 36 (28) | <.01 |
| 42. I worry about acquiring active TB disease while at work | 185 (71) | 105 (80) | 80 (62) | <.01 |
| 43. Patient to patient transmission of TB is occurring at my hospital | 96 (37) | 54 (41) | 42 (33) | 0.16 |
| 44. Implementation of effective TB IC measures can prevent transmission of TB in hospitals | 239 (92) | 123 (93) | 116 (90) | 0.34 |