Assessment Of Knowledge Attitude Practice And Associated Factors Towards Infection Prevention Among Cleaners Working In Tikur Anbessa Specialized Referral Hospital Addis Abeba Ethiopia November To June2019.

Back ground: Infection prevention and control is referred to “the measures, practices,rnprotocols and procedures aimed at preventing and controlling infections and the transmission rnof infections in the health care settings”. The high burden of health care associated infectionsrnis due to lack of standardized infection prevention program, which is neglected due to limitedrnresources, poor sanitary conditions and hygiene practices. rnObjective: The aim of this study is to assess knowledge, attitude and practice of cleanersrntowards infection prevention and associated factors at TikurAnbessa specialized hospital,rnAddis Ababa, Ethiopia, from November 2018-June 2019. rnMethodology: An Institutional based a descriptive cross-sectional study design was carriedrnout at TikurAnbessa specialized hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from November - June 2019rnG.C. A total of 211 cleaners participated in the study with a response rate of (91%). Studyrnparticipants were recruited by simple random sampling and interview was conducted with arnstructured questionnaire to collect data. The collected data was coded and entered in to Epirndata 4.2.0 and transferred to SPSS version 21 for further analysis. Logistic regression modelrnwas used for association between independent versus out-come variables and considering thernAOR, 95% CI and p < 0.05 cutoff point as significant for all the independent variables.rnResult: The knowledge scores of participants had a mean value of 9.4 (SD = 1.81) out of 18.rnThe mean score of attitude was 10.7(SD =1.76) out of 17 and the mean score for the cleanersrnlevel practices was found to be 9.8 (SD =2.20) out of 21 possible maximum score. There wasrna significant relationship between cleaners’ knowledge scores and the level of workrnexperience, attitude, and level of practice and attitude was significantly associated withrninadequate knowledge. Finally, cleaners’ inadequate knowledge was factor for poor infectionrnprevention practices. rnConclusion and Recommendation: Results showed that cleaners had poor performance andrninadequate knowledge towards infection prevention. However, majority of cleaners hadrnfavorable attitude towards infection prevention. The hospital’s administrative bodies shouldrnprovide convenient training program regarding infection prevention to hospital cleaners.

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