Open AccessTuberculosis and Public Health Care Workers: Infection Prevention and Control Practices and Associated Factors Among Governmental Health Centers and Hospitals in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia
Author(s) -
Fikru Labena,
Yibeltal Kassa,
Eyasu Gambura
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1178-2390
DOI - 10.2147/jmdh.s321592
Subject(s) - medicine , public health , environmental health , nonprobability sampling , health care , tuberculosis , focus group , cross sectional study , infection control , family medicine , health facility , nursing , health services , population , surgery , pathology , business , marketing , economics , economic growth
Institutional settings, including health care facilities, have been identified to be at high risk of tuberculosis (TB) transmissions. But no study has been conducted in hospitals and health centers concurrently in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess tuberculosis infection prevention and control (TBIPC) practices and associated factors among public health care workers in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia.