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Volume 11, Issue 1, March 2021, Pages 20 - 25

Narrative Review of Infection Control Knowledge and Attitude among Healthcare Workers

Authors
Abdurahman AlJohani1, Karmegam Karuppiah2, Alya Al Mutairi3, Abbas Al Mutair4, 5, *, †
1Occupational Health & Safety Department, Faculty of Nursing, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia
2Department of Occupational Health and Safety, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang 43400, Malaysia
3Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia
4Research Center, Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group, Saudi Arabia
5School of Nursing, Wollongong University, Australia
†

Research Center, Almoosa Specialist Hospital, Saudi Arabia

*Corresponding author. Email: abbas4080@hotmail.com
Corresponding Author
Abbas Al Mutair
Received 1 September 2019, Accepted 16 October 2020, Available Online 9 November 2020.
DOI
10.2991/jegh.k.201101.001How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Infection; knowledge and awareness; staff attitudes; healthcare workers; sharps injuries
Abstract

Background: Infection is one of the major threats to Healthcare Workers (HCW) worldwide. It exposes HCW to more than 20 kinds of blood-borne pathogen infections, especially the most severe cases, namely Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The impact of infection about HCWs’ health, clinical burden, national economic burden, and humanistic burden suggests the importance of further investigation and discussion on this topic.

Aims: This paper aimed to discuss literature on infection control knowledge and attitudes among HCWs and potential factors contributing to infection control.

Method: For this narrative review Proquest, Medline, and Up To Date have been utilized to search articles about infection control knowledge and attitudes among healthcare workers and potential factors contributing to infection control. The search was narrowed to article between 2000 and 2018. A total of 400 materials were initially identified to be potentially relevant for the review. A total of 28 articles were included, and they were found to match the inclusion criteria.

Results: Results from the reviewed studies showed that there was a high-level knowledge in terms of precautionary measures and compliance with needle safety precautions while staff attitude achieved above average. Weak positive correlation was found between staff attitude and precautionary measures, while moderate positive correlation was found between precautionary measures and compliance with needle safety precautions. Only precautionary measures were found to significantly influence compliance with needle safety precautions, in which higher precautionary measures, resulted in higher compliance with needle safety precautions.

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Journal
Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
Volume-Issue
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Publication Date
2020/11/09
ISSN (Online)
2210-6014
ISSN (Print)
2210-6006
DOI
10.2991/jegh.k.201101.001How to use a DOI?
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© 2020 Atlantis Press International B.V.
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