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Volume 5, Issue 3 (Suppl) Occup Med Health Aff, an open access journal
ISSN:2329-6879 Occupational Health-2017
September 13-14, 2017
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September 13-14, 2017 | Dallas, USA
Occupational Health & Safety
6th International Conference and Exhibition on
Occup Med Health Aff 2017, 5:3 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2329-6879-C1-035
Application of universal precautions by operating room personnel in theaters of general surgery of
teaching hospitals in baghdad regarding hepatitis B viral infection
Husham J Abd Al-Badri
Noncommunicable Diseases Prevention and Control, Iraq
Across sectional study was conducted in (Baghdad, Al-Yarmouk, Al- Kadhumiah, Al-Karama and Al-kindi) teaching hospitals
during the period from 3rd February to 11th April 2014. This study aimed to assessment of universal precautions application
among participants. Purposive sampling technique used to collect data from 397 operating room personnel. Researcher consented
them for direct interview. Semi-structured questionnaire form and personal records used for gathering data. Chi-square and Ordinal
regression used in the analysis, with 95% confidence level. Five out of ten found to have good adherence to application of the protective
measures. While one of each ten had poor adherent. One-third of the participants were fully vaccinated by hepatitis B vaccine, while
(23.9%) not vaccinated. Adherence to universal precautions significantly associated with respondents’ age, sex, educational level,
vaccination status and years of experience in the surgical theatre. Regression analysis showed that men are more adherent than
women to universal precautions (Odds Ratio=0.576; p=0.024). Adherence to universal precautions among participants not received
and not completed their hepatitis B vaccination was very poor compared to fully vaccinated respondents (Odds Ratio=23.92; p<0.001)
and (Odds Ratio=3.565; p<0.001) respectively. In conclusion, adherence of operating room personnel to preventive practices against
hepatitis B viral infection was good in general. Hepatitis B vaccination coverage among participants was poor.