Abstract:
Background: Infection in healthcare facilities is a major public health problem in most
developing countries like Ethiopia. Currently the overall incidence of health care associated
infection has been increasing and burden of these infections is staggering. Thus, it is important
to assess compliance to standard precaution practices and associated factors among health care
workers for better intervention.
Objectives: The objective of this study was to assess compliance to standard precaution
practices for infection prevention and associated factors among health care workers in Arsi zone
,Oromia regional state.
Methods: Institution based cross sectional study was conducted from February 2015 to June
2015 in health institutions found in East Arsi zone. Data were collected using pre tested
questionnaire interview method from 300 health care workers selected by simple random
sampling technique. Collected data were checked, coded and entered into EPI DATA version 3.1
and exported to SPSS version 20 for analysis. Frequency, Mean and standard deviation were
calculated. Both bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analysis was done. Variables
that had P-value less than 0.25 in bivariate analysis entered in to multivariable logistic
regressions to control confounders. P-value less than 0.05 were set as statistically significant.
Result: 300 (95.5%) health care workers were participated in the study. Out of total respondents
192(64% )of respondents’ had complied to standard precaution practices and 108(36%)health
care workers poorly complied to standard precaution practices.
Result of multiple logistic regression analysis showed that service years ,knowledge of health
care workers ,attitude ,and standard precaution practices were independently associated with
compliance to standard precaution practices.
Conclusion: In this study, a total of 300 (95.5%) health care workers were participated in the
study. More than half of 192(64%) health care workers complied to standard precaution
practices. This study concluded that sex ,age, educational status ,profession, supply in the health
institution ,training, monitored and evaluation ,knowledge, attitude s and standard precaution
practices were factors associated with compliance to standard precaution practice.
