Table 3.
Distribution of Knowledge About and Attitude of Health Care Workers to Standard Precautions in Public Hospitals of East Wallaga Zone, Western Ethiopia, 2022 (n=372)
| Variables | Frequency | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge questions | Yes (%) | No (%) | |
| Standard precautions should be applied to all patients regardless of their diagnosis | 310(83.3%) | 62(16.7%) | |
| All staff and patients should be considered potentially infectious | 287(77.2%) | 85(22.8%) | |
| Needles should not be recapped before disposal. | 133(35.8%) | 239(64.2%) | |
| Gloves provide complete protection from acquiring/transmitting infection | 298(80.1%) | 74(19.9%) | |
| Protective clothing minimizes hospital acquired infection | 334(89.8%) | 38(10.2%) | |
| Composite score | 73.2% | 26.8% | |
| Reliability scale | 0.75 | ||
| Attitude questions | Disagree | Neutral | Agree |
| Frequent hand washing damages skin and causes dryness and irritation | 221(59.4%) | 60(16.1%) | 91(24.5%) |
| Standard precautions should be used only when attending to high-risk patients | 260(69.9%) | 60(16.1%) | 52(14%) |
| Hand washing is unnecessary when gloves are worn | 265(71.2%) | 49(13.2%) | 58(15.6%) |
| I am not at risk of Covid-19 pandemic because my health facilities were not the center for treating Covid-19 patients | 275(73.9%) | 55(14.8%) | 42(11.3%) |
| You have a very low risk of acquiring infections from your patients | 262(70.4%) | 45(12.1%) | 65(17.5%) |
| Composite score | 69% | 14.5% | 16.5% |
| Reliability scale | 0.75 | ||