Open AccessAssessment of safe handling practices among resident doctors in Jos University Teaching Hospital Plateau state, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Tolulope Afolaranmi,
Zuwaira I Hassan,
Obadiah S Pam,
Lotanna M Ugwu,
Temidayo I Oyegoke,
Kayode K Bello,
Chundung Asabe Miner,
Gabriel Ofikwu Ogbeyi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of medicine in the tropics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2276-7096
DOI - 10.4103/jomt.jomt_24_20
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , documentation , family medicine , confidence interval , health care , environmental health , developing country , health facility , population , health services , programming language , economic growth , computer science , economics
Standard safety precautions are essential in health care delivery regardless of the presumed infectious state of the patients. Safe handling practices as detailed in the universal safety precaution guidelines are available to health care workers globally. However, there have been documentation of suboptimal adherence to it especially in the developing countries including Nigeria. Hence, this study was conducted to assess the level of safe handling practices and its determinants among resident doctors in Jos University Teaching Hospital, Plateau state, Nigeria.