KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS OF GREGORY UNIVERSITY, UMUAHIA CAMPUS, ABIA STATE.

Student: Grace Ene Elaigwu
Supervisor: Dr Ugochukwu Onyeonoro
HOD: Dr Ugochukwu Onyeonoro
Department of Medicine and Surgery
Clinical Sciences
Gregory University, Uturu, Abia State

Abstract

ABSTRACT To minimize and prevent the spread of infections and cross infection of diseases among individuals in a healthcare setting, universal precautions have been developed as a means to tackle these problems. Most especially, students are frequently faced with different health hazards and needs good level of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Universal precautions. The descriptive cross sectional study was carried out to assess Knowledge, Attitude and Practice amongst medical students in Gregory University, Umuahia Campus, Abia State. The study involved only clinical students, a stratified random sampling technique was used in selecting 300 participants using online goggle form questionnaires. Data was analyzed with Excel version

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