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Table 2 Number and percent of CHWs and facility providers with correct knowledge about IPC

From: Knowledge, attitudes and practices of infection prevention and control among healthcare workers during the COVID 19 pandemic: a descriptive cross-sectional study in three Nigerian states

Questions

CHWs (278)

(% correct)

Facility-based (258)

(% correct)

p-value

Dirty needles can transmit the disease causing agent

2.5

5.0

0.12

Dirty needles and sharps transmit malaria plasmodium spp

46.4

58.5

0.005

Hand hygiene is an effective method in preventing infection during this COVID-19 pandemic

99.3

98.1

0.27

Use of sterile gloves is the most effective method to prevent infection during this COVID-19 pandemic

29.1

34.5

0.18

Wearing gloves cannot eliminate the need to wash hands

74.5

81.4

0.054

Washing hands before and after examining clients attending ANC is effective in preventing infection transmission

96.8

98.8

0.14

Wearing a face shield does not eliminate the need to use facemasks

62.6

71.7

0.03

The use of facemasks is the most effective method to prevent infection during the COVID-19  pandemic

74.8

70.5

0.27

Hand sanitizers cannot be used effectively when hands are visibly soiled

61.5

64.0

0.56

Use of gowns and aprons is effective in preventing infection transmission during physical examination of a client

78.4

86.4

0.02