Assessment of Occupational Health Safety and Hazard among Government Health Workers in Ondo City, Southwest Nigeria

Osungbemiro, Bamikole Walter; Adejumo, OA; Akinbodewa, Akinwumi Ayodeji; Adelosoye, A

doi:10.9734/bjmmr/2016/23620

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“…The common occupational disease among the respondents is stress and exhaustion (61.2%), neck & back pain (56.4%) and needle prick injury (52.8%). This is similar to a study conducted in Ondo State 14 where stress (77.7%) took the lead in terms of common occupational disease among health workers. This is similar to a study conducted in Uganda 15 which reported the common occupational disease to be stress (21.5%), and needle stick injury (21.5%).…”

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Prevalence of Occupational Diseases and Practice of Safety Control Measures Among Health Workers of General Hospital Minna

Sheshi¹,

Agbana

2019

FU Work Liv Env Prot

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This study determines the prevalence of occupational diseases and safety practices among health workers of General Hospital, Minna. The study was Cross Sectional Descriptive. Stratified Sampling Technique was adopted. Semi structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Data were analyzed in frequency tables. The most common occupational disease among the respondents include: stress & exhaustion 61.2%, needle stick injury 52.8% and neck and low back pain 56.4%. Fortytwo point eight percent (42.8%) of the respondents have received at least one dose of Hepatitis B vaccine. Majority (57.2%) have never received the vaccine. There was no association between socio-demographic characteristics and the receipt of vaccine. About 18.4% of the respondents have been exposed to fluids of HIV/AIDS patients through needle stick injury. Majority of them (60.9%) have gone for post exposure prophylaxis against HIV. More than half of the respondents, 58.8% have been using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The study concludes that there is poor knowledge, attitude and high level of practice of control of occupational hazards among health workers who were examined. Health education and training of health workers on occupational hazards and their control should be enhanced.

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Prevalence of Occupational Diseases and Practice of Safety Control Measures Among Health Workers of General Hospital Minna

Sheshi¹,

Agbana

2019

FU Work Liv Env Prot

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“…The healthcare sector in the country makes up about one-third of the total workforce, but mostly is concentrated in urban tertiary healthcare services in the southern part of the country. Due to the present state of the healthcare services in most LMICs, healthcare workers (HCWs) perform their duties in an increasingly hazardous work environment and occupational setting [24][25][26]. Personnel in this workforce are responsible for providing quality healthcare services, even though their work places are increasingly unsafe [27], and they encounter frequent forms of hazards at work that include injuries, direct infections, stress, assault from patients and their relatives, allergies, back pain, and other musculoskeletal injuries [5,28].…”

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Assessment of Workplace Safety Climate among Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Case Study of Nigeria

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The COVID-19 pandemic has presented several organizations with the opportunity to review their operational strategies, as well as the existing safety climate within their establishments. The healthcare sector is not an exception, especially those in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs), where most safety systems are not robust when compared with developed countries. The study aim is to assess the occupational safety climate among healthcare workers (HCWs) in LMICs using Nigeria as a case study. A cross-sectional study was adopted to measure safety climate perception among professionals working in healthcare establishment during the COVID-19 pandemic using a validated Nordic Safety Climate Questionnaire (NOSACQ-50). At the end of the survey period, 83% (433) of the responses were adjudged to have met the threshold criteria and were used to inform the study outcome. Worker safety commitment within the healthcare facilities (M = 3.01, SD = 0.42) was statistically significantly higher than management safety priority, commitment, and competence (M = 2.91, SD = 0.46), t(130.52), p < 0.001. A significant effect of the management role was found in regards to management safety priority, commitment, and competence (F(1, 406) = 3.99, p = 0.046, η2 = 0.010). On the contrary, the managerial position does not have a significant effect on worker safety commitment (F(1, 417) = 0.59, p = 0.440, η2 = 0.001). The outcome from the study showed that, where there is active promotion of a positive safety climate in healthcare sectors in LMICs, employees are more likely to engage in positive safety behaviour. To help address the identified gaps, there is the need for more effort to be made towards promoting an effective and positive safety climate across the establishment, including management and healthcare worker commitments.

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“…Contradictory results however have been documented in some studies such as Ajayi 20 revealed poor practices in terms of inadequate hand hygiene practices, use of gloves, eye protection, masks, wearing a gown when the risk of body fluid exposure is anticipated, avoiding needle recap after use, and carefully considering all patients as potentially infectious. Similarly, Sabita et al 6 in Nepal, Mutifasari et al 21 in Indonesia, and Osungbemiro et al 22 in Nigeria were less than an average number of the respondents demonstrated poor practice of occupational safety measures. However, the differences in findings from these studies might have been influenced by the Article Table 4.…”

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Knowledge and practice of preventive measures for occupational health hazards among nurses working in a teaching hospital in Enugu

Ilo

Uchenwoke

Umeh

et al. 2022

Ann Clin Biomed Res

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Occupational hazard preventive measures are important practices because of the high rates of associated morbidity and mortality of exposed workers and include actions that can be taken to reduce the potential of exposure to the hazard. This study assessed the knowledge and practice of preventive measures of occupational health hazards among nurses working in Enugu State University Teaching Hospital (ESUTH), Parklane Enugu. This study used a descriptive cross-sectional survey design to collect data through a researcher-developed questionnaire. Utilizing the purposeful sampling technique, 214 nurses working in ESUTH, Parklane, completed the survey. A total of 214 questionnaires were filled and returned (response rate = 93.9%). A good level of knowledge (91.6%) on occupational hazard preventive measures was most evident among the respondents. There was also an associated good level of implementation of occupational hazard preventive measures among the respondents with a grand mean of 3.08±1.28. The factors found to influence the implementation of occupational hazard preventive measures among the respondents include the inadequate provision of PPE (3.47±0.58), poor attitudes of government towards workers’ working conditions (3.44±0.63), and lack of adequate staff training (2.93±0.41). Overall, the findings show that Nurses working in ESUTH showed good knowledge and practice of preventive measures of occupational health hazards. In terms of reducing hazards among Nurses in the wards, and in the hospitals, we recommend that risk assessment should be carried out regularly to identify potential hazards at a safe stage.

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Assessment of Occupational Health Safety and Hazard among Government Health Workers in Ondo City, Southwest Nigeria

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Prevalence of Occupational Diseases and Practice of Safety Control Measures Among Health Workers of General Hospital Minna

Prevalence of Occupational Diseases and Practice of Safety Control Measures Among Health Workers of General Hospital Minna

Assessment of Workplace Safety Climate among Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Case Study of Nigeria

Knowledge and practice of preventive measures for occupational health hazards among nurses working in a teaching hospital in Enugu

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