Nurses knowledge, perception and preventive measures against human immunodeficiency virus: a comparative study

ABSTRACT

128 nurses were included [88 from Yemen, 40 from Egypt]. They were recruited from both hospitals and community health centers of both countries. A questionnaire was applied to them to assess their knowledge and perception of occupations risk, also, an observation check list was used to assess their performance of self protection techniques. It was found that perception of occupational risk of Yemeni nurses was higher than Egyptian nurses, although the application of preventive measures by the Egyptian nurses were found to be better than the Yemeni nurses, but still both groups need an in- service training program to improve their knowledge and perceptions as well as the preventive measures to protect themselves from occupational risks