Assessment Of Knowledge Attitude And Practice Of Laboratory Personnel Towards The Biosafety Measure For Tuberculosis Testing Laboratory In Selected Health Institutions In Addis Ababa Ethiopia

TITLE: Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of laboratory personnel towards thernbiosafety measure for tuberculosis testing laboratory in selected health institution in AddisrnAbaba, EthiopiarnBy: - Henok Birhanu(Addis Ababa,2014)rnBackground: Transmission of tuberculosis (TB) in health care settings to both patients andrnhealth care workers (HCWs) has been reported from virtually every country of the world and TBrnis the second leading cause of death from an infectious disease worldwide, after the humanrnimmunodeficiency virus (HIV). It is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is transmittedrnmainly through aerosolization of infected sputum which puts laboratory workers at risk in spiternof the laboratory workers’ risk of infection being at 3 to 9 times higher than the general public.rnLaboratory safety should therefore be prioritized and optimized to provide sufficient safety tornlaboratory workers.rnObjective: - To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of laboratory personnel on biosafetyrnmeasure for Tb testing laboratories.rnMethod: - A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted from August 2013-May 2014 byrnusing convenient sampling technique. A total of 126 laboratories professionals who have beenrnworking in Addis Ababa both governmental and private health institutions were enrolled. Therndata were collected by using well-structured questionnaires.rnResult: -In this study 126 laboratory professional were involved. Of them37.3% of werernlaboratory technician and 66.7% were male. Majority of them had

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