Knowledge and practice of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) against HIV infection among health care providers in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria.

Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (Chicago, Ill. : 2002) Pub Date : 2012-05-01 Epub Date: 2011-04-21 DOI:10.1177/1545109711401409

Rotimi S Owolabi, Peter Alabi, Samuel Ajayi, Olusoji Daniel, Adeniyi Ogundiran, Tanimola M Akande, And Tunde Onafowokan

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Abstract

Objective: To assess the knowledge and practice of post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) against HIV infection among health care providers in University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH).

Methods: A cross-sectional survey conducted on 230 health care providers in UATH.

Results: Majority (97.0%) of the respondents have heard about PEP, but only a few (30.9%) of them could correctly identify the drugs used and duration of PEP. A third of respondents have had one form of accidental exposure or the other. HIV test was carried out in about two-thirds (64.8%) of the source patients. Thirteen (28.3%) of the source patients were HIV-positive. Of the 13 respondents that were exposed to HIV-positive patients, only 3 (23.1%) received PEP, and these three completed PEP, while majority, 10/13 (76.9%) did not receive PEP in spite of their exposure to HIV-positive sources.

Conclusion: The study shows that the knowledge and practice of PEP among health care providers are very poor.

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尼日利亚一家三级医院医护人员接触后预防艾滋病毒感染的知识和做法。

目的:了解阿布贾大学教学医院(UATH)医护人员对HIV暴露后预防(PEP)的知识和实践情况。方法:对UATH的230名卫生保健提供者进行横断面调查。结果:绝大多数(97.0%)的受访者听说过PEP，但只有少数(30.9%)的受访者能正确识别PEP使用的药物和持续时间。三分之一的受访者曾有过某种形式的意外接触。约三分之二(64.8%)的源患者进行了艾滋病毒检测。13例(28.3%)源患者hiv阳性。在接触hiv阳性患者的13名受访者中，只有3人(23.1%)接受了PEP，这3人完成了PEP，而大多数10/13人(76.9%)尽管接触了hiv阳性源，但没有接受PEP。结论:本研究显示医护人员对PEP的认识和实践都很差。

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