Table 4.
Tuberculosis Infection Prevention and Control Practices Among Health Care Workers in Wolaita Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia, August 2020 (N=728)
| Practice Items | Yes | No |
|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | |
| Do you use N95 respirators when suspecting tuberculosis infection? | 571 (78.4) | 157 (21.6) |
| Do you interact with patients while using an N95 respirator? | 561 (77.1) | 167 (22.9) |
| Do you open windows when possible to increase natural ventilation? | 506 (69.5) | 222 (30.5) |
| Do you explain to patients why it is important to keep windows open? | 439 (60.3) | 289 (39.7) |
| Do you screen suspected tuberculosis clients in your working room? | 393 (54.0) | 335 (46.0) |
| Do you separate tuberculosis suspects/tuberculosis patients from non-coughing patients (placing in separate waiting area)? | 378 (51.9) | 350 (48.1) |
| Do you give tissues/surgical masks to coughing patients? | 415 (57.0) | 313 (43.0) |
| Do you ask each patient who enters the health facility if they are coughing and for how long? | 594 (81.6) | 134 (18.4) |
| Comfortable in having own human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test? | 565 (77.6) | 163 (22.4) |
| Do you give health education on tuberculosis infection prevention and control practices for clients? | 501 (68.8) | 227 (31.2) |
| Do you use tuberculosis infection prevention and control guidelines? | 442 (60.7) | 286 (39.3) |
| Comfortable in requesting own tuberculosis screening if symptomatic? | 581 (79.8) | 147 (20.2) |
| Overall practices | ||
| Proper practices | 326 (44.78) | |
| Improper practices | 402 (55.22) |