Assessment Of Knowledge Attitude And Practice Of Tb Infection Control Among Medical Laboratory Professionals In Selected Dots Providing Health Facilities Under Addis Ababa City Administration Health Bureau

Background: Tuberculosis is one of the major public health problems and health workers,rnespecially laboratory professionals, are at high risk areas for infection compared to the generalrnpopulation. Infection control measures are not always implemented even when HCWs are wellrninformed. Insufficient studies were found that examine the level of knowledge, attitude andrnpractice about TB infection control mechanisms among medical laboratory professionals inrnEthiopia.rnObjectives: - To assess knowledge, attitude and practice of TB infection control among medicalrnlaboratory professionals in selected DOTS providing health facilities under Addis Ababa CityrnAdministration Health Bureau, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.rnMethods: Cross sectional study was conducted in Addis Ababa between September 2014 andrnMay 2015 on 213 Medical Laboratory professionals in selected DOTS providing governmentrnhealth facilities. Pre-tested and self-administered questionnaire were used. Data entry andrnanalysis was performed by using SPSS version 20 software. Descriptive statistics, bivariate andrnmultivariate analysis were made. The level of statistical significance was set at p

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