Awareness of Operating Room Personnel’s Towards HBV/HIV at Omdurman Teaching Hospital, Sudan
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Asim B. Eltahir, Department of General Surgery, Omdurman Teaching Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan.
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Aamir A. Hamza, Department of General Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Bahri, Khartoum, Sudan.
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Saadeldin A. Idris, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Alzaeim Alazhari University, Khartoum, Sudan.
Background: Operating room personnel’s are at risk to blood and body fluid (BBF) of patients, through accidental sharps and needle stick injuries. Preventive measure, awareness, reporting of incidence and post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) are ways to avoid mortality and morbidity. Objectives: To assess the level of awareness regarding HIV/HBV among operating room surgical personnel. Methodology: This is a prospective observational study, conducted at Omdurman Teaching Hospital during a period from June - Nov 2012. Study population was operating room personnel’s. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS computer package version 19. Results: Participants were 88; medical staff 77.3%, while the paramedics 22.7%. Almost 96% of the participants agreed that they will apply the standard precaution measures when operating on known HBV/HIV patients. On accidental NSI, over 90% of the operating room personnel’s (ORP) will adopt the simple PEP. Reporting the incidence to the infection control department (ICD) of the hospital will be done by 64.8%. On sharp injury 23% mention they will test the blood of the patient only. More than 40% of the ORP didn’t complete their HBV vaccination only 37% of the house-surgeons were vaccinated. HIV/HBV prevention program was attended by 28.4% ll’111of the ORP. Conclusion: There is fair level of aware¬ness among medical doctors and paramedics towards uni¬versal precautions and needle stick injuries. The knowledge of PEP needs to be emphasized. Clear policy for reporting and protocol for PEP are needed. Vaccination coverage is very poor.
Awareness, HIV, HBV, Post Exposure Prophylaxis, Universal Precaution
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