Table 3.
Knowledge about infection control policy and procedures among primary health care professionals in Abha health sector, KSA, 2018
| Statements | TRUE No. (%) | FALSE No. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Dirty needle and sharp materials can transmit disease causing agents (TRUE) | 206 (97.2) | 6 (2.8) |
| Standard precautions should be practiced on all patients and laboratory specimen serology irrespective of diagnosis (TRUE) | 197 (92.9) | 15 (7.1) |
| Sharps should never be recapped (TRUE) | 171 (80.7) | 41 (19.3) |
| Needles should be bent or broken after use (FALSE) | 51 (24.1) | 161 (75.9) |
| When you have a patient who vomited in dressing room or clinic, the first step in infection control procedure is to isolate infected area (TRUE) | 193 (91.0) | 19 (9.0) |
| Sharp containers are utilized for used injection needles (TRUE) | 96 (45.3) | 116 (54.7) |
| Hepatitis B causing agent can be transmitted with dirty needles and sharps (TRUE) | 201 (94.8) | 11 (5.2) |
| Hepatitis C causing agent can be transmitted with dirty needles and sharps (TRUE) | 198 (93.4) | 14 (6.6) |
| HIV/AIDS causing agent can be transmitted with dirty needles and sharps (TRUE) | 207 (97.6) | 5 (2.4) |
| Tetanus (Clostridium tetani) causing agent can be transmitted with dirty needles and sharps (TRUE) | 74 (34.9) | 138 (65.1) |
| Malaria causing agent (Plasmodium spp) can be transmitted with dirty needles and sharps (FALSE) | 76 (35.8) | 136 (64.2) |
| Tuberculosis causing agent (M. tuberculosis) can be transmitted with dirty needles and sharps (FALSE) | 74 (28.3) | 132 (71.7) |
| Type of isolation with pulmonary tuberculosis is airborne precaution (TRUE) | 130 (61.4) | 82 (38.6) |
| There is treatment for MERS-CoV (coronavirus) (FALSE) | 138 (65.1) | 74 (34.9) |
| The best disinfecting material to clean exposed skin after contamination is soap (TRUE) | 48 (22.6) | 164 (77.4) |
| The appropriate immediate action after pricking finger by I.V. line needle is dressing wound and inform infection control supervisor (TRUE) | 169 (79.7) | 43 (20.3) |