Evaluation of Healthcare Provider Adherence to Safe Injection Practice

Abstract

Purpose:  The aim is to evaluate health care provider adherence to safe injection practice and also to find out the relationship between health care providers' adherence to safe injection adherence and their demographical characteristics. Methods: Descriptive analytical study was carried out with non-probability convenient (Accidental) sampling technique. The study was carried out from February 15th, 2022 up to May 28th, 2022. The study instrument consisted of a structured questionnaire divided into 2 parts to assess awareness and practices of safe injection. The score for each question was one, two or three. Results: The finding of the study show that the overall evaluation of health care provider adherence to safe injection practice was fair at mean of score (2.22). In addition, there are non-significant relationships between the nurse’s safe injection practices and their demographic data at p-value more than 0.05, except in one item (economic status) at p-value less than 0.05. Conclusions: The overall assessment of the nurses' injection practice was fair. The result of the study reveals a high significant relationship between the nurse’s economic status and their adherence to safe injection practice.