Knowledge,attitude and practice of occupational blood exposure and pre-caution among health care workers / 中国感染控制杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the current status of knowledge,attitude and practice of occupational expo-sure to blood and precaution among health care workers (HCWs),and to evaluate the factors affecting wearing gloves and isolation gowns.Methods HCWs in a hospital on October 16,2102 were investigated through question-naires.Results A total of 374 HCWs were investigated,the average training per HCW were(1.47±1.54)times, HCWs in internal medicine department were (2.00±2.12)times,which was higher than HCWs in the other depart-ments (P0.05).The main factors affecting wearing gloves and isolation gowns were inconvenient for manipulation and inadequate facility.Conclusion The knowledge,attitude and practice of occupational blood exposure and precaution among HCWs are not desirable.Measures should be taken to improve HCWs’occupational precaution standard.