Initial investigation into status of safe injection practice some health care facilitites in Ha Noi

ABSTRACT

A cross-sectional study was carried out in three health care facilities (HCFs) in Ha Noi. The result showed that: the facilities ensured using sterilized disposable injection syringes and needles. Health care workers were fully equipped personal protective equipment. The health care facilities had sharp container. Some safe injection practice standards were well implemented as giving injection as prescription (100%), identify injection sites (91.4-100%) kept needles and syringes in a sharp container (89.0%-96.6%). However washing hand for sterilizing only accounted for 41.7%-55.1%