Standard precautions for preventing tuberculosis and HIV : compliance of Eswatini university student nurses

dc.contributor.authorGina, Ncobile Sidzandza Victoria
dc.contributor.authorRasweswe, Melitah Molatelo
dc.contributor.authorMoagi, Miriam Mmamphamo
dc.contributor.emailmelitah.rasweswe@up.ac.za
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-05T10:55:15Z
dc.date.available2022-10-05T10:55:15Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-30
dc.descriptionS1 Checklist. Standard precautions for preventing tuberculosis and HIV: Compliance of Eswatini university student nurses.en_US
dc.description.abstractTuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus are among the top ten causes of death globally. To prevent the spread of these infections, health workers and student nurses should comply to infection prevention and control measures called standard precautions. The aim of this study is to assess compliance of Eswatini university student nurses regarding standard precautions for preventing Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus. A non-experimental quantitative approach was used to conduct a survey on all senior student nurses of Eswatini University using questionnaires. IBM SPSS Statistics version 26 software was used to analyse the data. Results from this study showed that out of the 105 student nurses who were asked only 51.4% (n = 54) said they always used personal protective equipment. However, they did comply well on disposing sharps as 92.4% (n = 97) reported that they always used designated containers. There is a need for close supervision of student nurses in the clinical area. The researcher recommends that clinical facilitator should always accompany student nurses in the clinical area and that preceptors should be exempted from other nursing duties when there are student nurses in the hospitals so that they can mentor the students.en_US
dc.description.departmentNursing Scienceen_US
dc.description.librarianam2022en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.plosone.orgen_US
dc.identifier.citationVictoria, Gina N.S., Rasweswe, M.M. & Moagi, M.M. (2021) Standard precautions for preventing Tuberculosis and HIV: Compliance of Eswatini university student nurses. PLoS ONE 16(12): e0261944. https://DOI.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261944.en_US
dc.identifier.other1932-6203 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1371/journal.pone.0261944
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/87518
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
dc.rights© 2021 Gina et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_US
dc.subjectInfectionsen_US
dc.subjectDeathen_US
dc.subjectTuberculosis (TB)en_US
dc.subjectHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)en_US
dc.titleStandard precautions for preventing tuberculosis and HIV : compliance of Eswatini university student nursesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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