Infection prevention practices and associated factors among healthcare professionals in West Gojjam Zone public Hospitals Northwest Ethiopia, 2023
The study revealed that overall infection prevention practice was poor. Participant's knowledge, participant's attitude, and participant's profession were significant factors for infection prevention practice, and there was variation in infection prevention practice between hospitals. The identified modifiable factors are the area of intervention to improve infection prevention practices.
Authors
- Muluken Azage (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3222-0158)
- Genet Gedamu Kassie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7229-2239)
- Muluken Kindu
Institutions
- Amhara Regional Health Bureau (ET)
- Bahir Dar University (ET)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-01-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0338621
- Primary Topic
- Infection Control in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00