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    A study of infection prevention in accident and emergency department of Kampala International University Teaching Hospital in Ishaka Municipality-Bushenyi district…
    (Kampala International University, School of Health Sciences, 2013-11) Njuguna Njeri Sylvia
    The study was conducted from Kampala International University- Teaching Hospital accident and emergency department between July 2013-October 2013. This study sought to assess the awareness and practices of infection prevention among health care workers at their work place. The objectives of this study were; to assess the practices of the staff in emergency rooms on the standard protocols observed in infections prevention, to identify the roles played by the administration in infection control in the emergency room, to identify the challenges that staff face during infection control in accident and emergency department and to establish the availability and use of Post Exposure Prophylaxsis (PEP) in HIV infection prevention among staff. The study found out that (77.8%), of the respondents in the department used personal protective equipment, only (21) 46% of respondents had access to infection control policy guidelines available in their department and the most common challenge of infection control was the dysfunctional infection control committee (36.1%). Superficial injuries with body fluid was the most common emergency (45.5%) and 75% of those who suffered from them had access to Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) for HIV…