“…Literature have documented the knowledge, attitude and perception regarding standard precautions to be low among health workers in developing countries especially Nigeria (Ogoina, Pondei, Adetunji, Chima, Isichei & Gidado, 2015;Alice, Akhere, Ikponwonsa & Grace, 2013). Although a study conducted in Southeast Nigeria reported that knowledge, attitude and perception regarding standard precautions were good, the practice is suboptimal (Arinze-Onyia, Ndibuagu & Ozor, 2018).…”