Table 2.
Level of compliance with SPs among HCWs working in Gondar University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2014 (n = 407).
| Components of SPs | Level of compliance | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Always | Sometimes | Seldom | |
| Wash hands before touching a patient | 74 (18.2%) | 82 (20.1%) | 251 (61.7%) |
| Wash hands before clean or aseptic procedures | 161 (39.6%) | 144 (35.4%) | 102 (25.1%) |
| Wash hands after body fluid exposure | 375 (92.2%) | 28 (6.8%) | 4 (1%) |
| Wash hands after touching a patient | 113 (27.8%) | 124 (30.5%) | 170 (41.8%) |
| Wash hands immediately after removal of gloves | 328 (80.6%) | 49 (12%) | 30 (7.4%) |
| Wash hands between patient contact | 79 (19.4%) | 104 (25.6%) | 224 (55%) |
| Wash hands after touching patient surroundings | 91 (22.4%) | 129 (31.7%) | 187 (45.9%) |
| I provide nursing care considering all patients as potentially infectious | 110 (27%) | 132 (32.4%) | 165 (40.5%) |
| I protect myself against body fluids of all patients regardless of their diagnosis | 132 (32.4%) | 151 (37.1%) | 122 (30%) |
| I wear clean gloves whenever there is a possibility of exposure to any body fluids | 361 (88.7%) | 32 (7.9%) | 14 (3.4%) |
| I change gloves between contacts with different patients | 362 (88.9%) | 39 (9.5%) | 6 (1.5%) |
| I avoid wearing my gown out of hospital compounds | 153 (37.6%) | 232 (57%) | 22 (5.4%) |
| I wear a waterproof apron whenever there is a possibility of body fluid splashing in my body | 153 (37.6) | 211 (51.8%) | 43 (10.6%) |
| I wear eye goggles whenever there is a possibility of body fluid splashing in my face | 88 (21.6%) | 80 (19.7%) | 238 (58.5%) |
| I sterilize all reusable equipment before being used on another patient | 300 (73.7%) | 88 (21.6%) | 19 (4.7%) |
| I clean and disinfect equipment and environmental surfaces | 156 (38.3%) | 148 (36.4%) | 103 (25.3%) |
| I segregate noninfectious wastes in black colour coded dust bin | 123 (30.2%) | 192 (47.2%) | 92 (22.6%) |
| I segregate infectious medical wastes in yellow coloured coded dust bin | 140 (34.4%) | 177 (43.5%) | 90 (22.1%) |
| I never bend needles with my hands | 311 (76.4%)∗ | 68 (16.7%) | 28 (6.9%) |
| I avoid removing used needles from disposable syringes | 221 (54.3%) | 132 (32.4%) | 54 (13.3%) |
| I place used sharps in puncture-resistant container at point of use | 355 (87.2%) | 41 (10%) | 11 (2.8%) |
| I never recap needles | 239 (58.7%)∗ | 100 (24.6%) | 68 (16.7%) |
∗Always means never.