Assessment of safe handling practices among resident doctors in Jos University Teaching Hospital Plateau state, Nigeria | Zendy

Tolulope Afolaranmi | Zendy; Z Hassan | Zendy; Obadiah S. Pam | Zendy; Lotanna M. Ugwu | Zendy; Temidayo I. Oyegoke | Zendy; Kayode K. Bello | Zendy; Chundung Asabe Miner | Zendy; Gabriel Ofikwu Ogbeyi | Zendy

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Assessment of safe handling practices among resident doctors in Jos University Teaching Hospital Plateau state, Nigeria

Author(s) -

Tolulope Afolaranmi,

Z 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 , confidence interval , family medicine , health care , environmental health , developing country , health facility , population , health services , computer science , economics , programming language , economic growth , pathology

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.

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