OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS AND SAFETY PRACTICE AMONG HEALTH WORKERS IN OGBOMOSHO NORTH L.G.A OYO STATE

Student: Aminat Desire Odusola
Supervisor: Mrs Fikayo Oladimeji
HOD: Mr Samuel Gana
Department of Community Health
HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY
Kwara State College of Health Technology, offa, Kwara State

Abstract

hazards and sajety practicer among health workers in Ogbomosha North L.G.A Ovo State. I Informed the health officers on the understanding of health workers regarding occupational hazards and safely Among the objectives was to assess the knowledge of occupational hazards and safety practices among health workers in Ogbomosho North LChA Ojo State and to assess the occupational health hazards faced by healthcare workers and reduce the measures in Ogbomosho North L. GA Oya State, Furthermore, t o identify the factors millering against effective safety practices among health workers in Ogbomosho North L.G.A Ovo State. Many medical and allied literatures were reviewed to develop more facts for the project work, This research use descriptive survey to sample students in the study area Questionnaire is the instrument used to gather and analyze the data, 150 questionnaires were distributed out of which 150 were also retrieved. The Findings revealed they showed that majority (53.3%) of the health workers are in the tertiary institution. This is in consistent with a study done by Felix el. al. (2019) The study found that (77.3%) of the health workers are currently in tertiary institution, while a smaller proportion of respondents. 9.3%, attended secondary school. In conclusion, recommendations were made that use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and health workers should be provided with adequate PPE, including masks

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