Tooba Fateen, Nazish Saqlain, Aatika Ahmed, Sidra Hareem, Sundus Arshad, Nisar Ahmed, Faiza Shafqat.
Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Laboratory Safety Measures among Allied Health Staff of Pathology.
Pak Paed J Jan ;45(2):211-5.

Objective: To assess Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of laboratory safety measures among allied health staff of Pathology. Study Design: It was a cross-sectional study Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out in the department of Hematology & Transfusion Medicine, The Children`s hospital & ICH Lahore in a period of three months from July 2020 to September 2020. Material and Methods: 250 Allied health workers, working under Pathology Department of the hospital were included. After their informed consent we used a standardized and structured questionnaire to assess knowledge, attitude and practices of the lab safety measures. Data was entered in SPSS version 23. Results: According to our results 171 (68.4%) of the staff had knowledge about the laboratory safety while 43 (17.2%) did not give correct answers and 36 (14.4%) were unclear in knowledge. Regarding the attitude and beliefs of lab personals the correct response rate was 208 (83.2%) and 42 (16.8%) did not answer correctly. In practices of lab safety procedures 193 (77.2%) answered correctly and 57 (22.8%) were not practicing. 144 (57.6%) were female participants and 106 (42.4%) were male. Conclusion: These studies should be conducted at regular intervals in every hospital. All employees working specially in the Pathology Laboratories must be trained for each aspect of laboratory safety.

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