IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL EVALUATION AND PHYSICAL REPORT (IJMEPR )

E-ISSN 2579-0498
P-ISSN 2695-2181
VOL. 5 NO. 1 2021

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Occupational Hazard Control Practices among Primary Healthcare Workers in Rivers State

I. O. Madume & P. F. Amadi (Ph.D)

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Abstract

This study investigated the occupational hazard control practices among primary healthcare workers in Rivers State. A descriptive survey research design was adopted with a population which consisted of five thousand and seventy-nine (5,079) primary health care workers in Rivers State. A sample size of four hundred and seven was selected using a multi-stage sampling procedure. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.93. Data collected where analyzed with the aid of the statistical product for service solution (version 23.0) using some statistical tools such as mean, and ANOVA. The result of the study showed that, the respondents had good practices towards occupational hazard control with a grand mean of 3.39±0.48. The occupational hazard control practices included: practice of safety/standard precautions and protocols when attending to all patients despite their infectious status (3.99±0.08), hand hygiene after contact with patient (384±0.35), hand hygiene before and after each procedure (3.84±0.36), recapped needle/syringes after every use (3.99±0.07), use separate areas and containers to dispose medical waste (3.85±0.35), use personal protective equipment (3.85±0.35) and use of hand gloves for routine clinical procedure (3.07±1.48). Occupational hazard control practices were more among those who had <10 years of work experience (3.42±0.36), those who were in the department of medical laboratory (3.39±0.51) and those who were older (aged ?50 years). It was recommended among others that, the services of occupational health and safety professionals should be employed by the ministry of health to oversee the safety and hazard control practices of the healthcare workers in the different health facilities

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