Table 2 Assessment of views and knowledge Percentage of health staff that agree with the following statements.
From: Occupational injury history and universal precautions awareness: a survey in Kabul hospital staff
Views | Agree | ||
|---|---|---|---|
"My employer provides adequate safety measures to minimize HIV and viral hepatitis transmission" | 613 | 92.5% | |
"I have the right to be informed if an HIV positive patient or a patient with viral hepatitis is present in my direct work area" | 581 | 88.8% | |
"All patients admitted to hospital or attending hospital clinics should be tested for HIV" | 589 | 89.2% | |
Knowledge | Correct answer | Answering correctly | |
"Universal precautions are applied to patients with HIV and viral hepatitis only" | False | 459 | 32.1% |
"Isolation is necessary for patients with blood-borne infections" | False | 473 | 30.0% |
"Used needles can be recapped after giving an injection" | False | 555 | 17.9% |
"For decontamination of devices (with only contact with skin) washing with usual detergent is enough" | Correct | 275 | 40.7% |
"Universal precautions are not necessary in situations that might lead to contact with saliva" | Correct | 192 | 28.4% |
"HCWs with non intact skin should not be involved in direct patient care until the condition resolves " | Correct | 459 | 67.9% |
"Blood spills should be cleaned up promptly with sodium hypochlorite" | Correct | 549 | 81.2% |