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Epidemiology of exposure to HIV/AIDS risky conditions in healthcare settings: The case of health facilities in Gondar City, North West Ethiopia
5th International Conference and Exhibition on Occupational Health & Safety
Getahun Kebede Beyera and Teresa Kisi Beyen
University of Gondar, Ethiopia
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Occup Med Health Aff
Abstract
Background: It has been estimated that every year more than quarter a million health care workers exposed to HIV risky conditions in health care settings, more so in developing countries, with high incidence of HIV/AIDS and unsafe practices. Particularly, Sub- Saharan African countries share at least half of these occupational exposures to HIV risky conditions among health care workers. The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiology of healthcare workers’ exposure to HIV/AIDS risky conditions and associated factors in the healthcare settings in Gondar city. Methods: Institution based quantitative cross sectional study was conducted from April 1st to 20th, 2014. The study included 401 health care workers, who were selected from the source population by simple random sampling technique. Data were collected by interviewing health care workers using structured and pretested questionnaire. After the collected data entered to EPI INFO version 3.5.3 statistical software and exported to SPSS version 20.0 for analysis, both binary and multivariable logistic regressions were done to identify factors associated with exposure to HIV/AIDS risky conditions. Results: From a total of 401 health care workers involved in this study, 162(40.4%) reported at least one history of occupational exposure to HIV/AIDS risky conditions in the last 1 year. More than half (52.31%) of physicians and 47.62% of anesthetists were exposed to HIV/AIDS risky conditions within 1 year. Lack of training on infection prevention, 5-10 years’ work experience, long working hours per week, absence of work guidelines, and dissatisfaction with current job were significantly associated with accidental occupational exposure to HIV/AIDS risky conditions. Conclusion: This study found quite high prevalence of health care workers exposure to HIV/AIDS risky conditions in the health care settings in Gondar city. Therefore, effective and goal oriented educational programs targeting at health care workers and establishment of surveillance systems for registering, reporting and management of occupational exposures in health care settings are quite important.Biography
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