Knowledge and Practice of Injection Safety among Staff in Medical Tobruk Center and Blood Bank in Tobruk City
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https://doi.org/10.58987/ckdech66Keywords:
Work Staff, Injection, Safety, Knowledge, Practices, TobrukAbstract
Unsafe injection practices put patients and healthcare providers at risk of infectious and non-infectious adverse events, sound knowledge and skillful practices of work staff are vital to breaks the chain of blood borne diseases transmission caused by unsafe injection practices. Objectives: To assess the knowledge and practices amongst work staff regarding injection safety in Tobruk medical center and blood bank, Tobruk city , Libya. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out amongst 72 work staff in Tobruk medical center and blood bank, during the period of December 2023to january2024. A pre-designed questionnaire which assessed knowledge and practices regarding injection safety tool was used to collect data. In this study A good amount of information was obtained a total 72 0f workers The present study concluded that there was findings of the study revealed that knowledge and practice of injection safety among work staff in TMC and blood bank , was good. Implying that the work staffs are willing to adhere to safety practices, However the percentage of those with fair and poor knowledge calls for concern.
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