DETERMINANTS OF ADHERENCE TO STANDARD PRECAUTIONS FOR PREVENTION OF BLOODBORNE INFECTIONS AMONG MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENTISTS IN LAGOS STATE

📄 Project Abstract

Standard precautions are guidelines recommended by the Centre for Disease Control for reducing the risk of transmission of blood borne pathogens in the clinical setting. Hospitals being one of the most hazardous places to work predispose health workers, especially medical laboratory scientists, to the risk of blood borne infections and sometimes death. This study aims to assess three major factors that determine adherence to standard precautions amongst medical laboratory scientists and the factors are information, motivation and behavioural skill in order to promote adherence which has been suboptimal even though the risk of non adherence is high. The study utilized a cross sectional design and random sampling method to identify 425 medical laboratory scientists working in both public and private hospitals in Lagos State Nigeria and the information motivation and behavioural skill that predicts adherence to standard precautions were assessed using a validated questionnaire. Results ...