Assessment of the knowledge and factors affecting safe injection practices among health care providers in public and private sector health facilities of tehsil gujar khan Rawalpindi Pakistan

The study aimed at assessing the knowledge of health care providers and identifying the factors affecting knowledge about safe injection practices. A cross sectional study. This study was carried out at Gujar Khan, District Rawalpindi from July, 2011- October, 2011. 37 health care facilities [72.7% private and 27.3% public] were selected conveniently. 110 Health Care Providers [HCP's] were selected on the basis of availability. HCP's who were involved in clinical work for more than six months were included. Permission was obtained from ethical committee of Health Services Academy and the owners of the health care facilities. The knowledge of the HCPs was assessed through specifically developed scoring scheme and was categorized into good, fair and poor, while the factors affecting knowledge were assessed by applying Chi-square tests. .[p