Status of knowledge, attitude, practice towards occupational exposure prevention to blood and body fluid among nurses and related factors at Hanoi Post Hospital in 2023

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Objective: To describe the status on knowledge, attitude, practice about occupational exposure prevention to blood and body fluids among nurses and related factors at Hanoi Post Hospital in 2023. Subjects and methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted using a pre-designed questionnaire on 180 nurses from March to August 2023, selecting the entire sample. Satisfactoryknowledge, positive attitude was achieved when the total score was over 50%, practice was considered satisfactory when all steps were completed. Results: The rate of satisfactory knowledge about preventing exposure to blood and body fluids among nurses was low, only 58.9%. Nurses with a positive attitude accounted for a low rate of 54.4%. The rate of nurses’ achieved practice in preventing exposure to blood and body fluids was 65%. University degree or higher was associated with knowledge of exposure prevention to blood and body fluids (p < 0.05). There was no factors related to attitudes toward preventing exposure to blood and body fluids (p > 0.05). Gender (male), department of work (surgery department) were found to be associated with practice in preventing exposure to blood and body fluids (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Nurses’ knowledge, attitude and practice about prevention of exposure to blood and body fluids were not high. To address this, the hostpial should consider an ongoing training courses on infection prevention every year to improve nurses’ knowledge, attitude, and practice about exposure to blood and body fluids. Furthermore, it is recommended to implement regular monitoring programs for nurses’ hand hygiene and safe injection practice