Abstract

This study is to determine the factors that influence the prevalence of healthcare associated infections among HCWs in Bo City. HAI is one of the leading causes of death and increased morbidity for hospitalized patients. After the principle of the study and its possible outcomes are explained to all subjects. All personal information of the study subjects and result were dealt with confidentially. All healthcare associated infections cases involving HCWs at Rescue Health Center for a period of two years (2020 and 2021) were analyzed even though the data used was not originally collected for any research purposes. rnA total of 860 healthcare associated infection patients were recruited for the study. The minimum age of study participants was 40 years and maximum was 80 years and above. The median age was 60 years.rnHealthcare associated infections are one of the common medical conditions to be contact in hospital everywhere. Consequently, this study has also discovered that healthcare associated infections are closely connected and associated with the type of job someone had; and that the condition can lead to disastrous consequences. Healthcare associated infections were proven to have led to problems such as heart disease, stroke, vision loss, kidney disease, and nerve damage. It came out clearly during this research that one out of four people who visited Rescue Health Center do not know they had healthcare associated infections. rnThis study also found out that healthcare associated infections, like any other disease can affect any gender male or Female, whether rich or poor. Results further shows that more female than men are affected, of serious concern to the researcher is the huge difference between those women below the age of 60 years. This seemingly huge difference was attributed to the frequency of hospital visit by women or their children.rnIn this study, majority of the study participants were males. This is always the case as far as healthcare associated infected patients are concerned and in similar studies earlier, males were majority of the patients. But healthcare associated infections are more prevalence among female than male. The study also shows that healthcare associated infections were more prevalent in July (14.3%) for 2020 while as August (36.1%) had the highest for 2021. The study also shows that healthcare associated infections are more prevalence in 2021 (10.1%) as compared to 2020 (8.1%). rnThe prevalence of healthcare associated infections was found to be 9.2% which is higher than what has been found in an earlier study in Rescue Health Center as 7.8%.rnA total of 860 screened patients were recruited at the Rescue Health Center during this study and (475) were males with a prevalence of (8.4.0%). The findings of this study also conform accordingly regarding those who visited Rescue Health CenterrnIt can be rightly concluded from the summary of the findings that healthcare associated infections depends on frequency of hospital visits and the degree of training received by the medical personnel. These findings are strong and should therefore not be swept under the carpet or taken for granted. It can also be safely concluded that the rate of infection among adult women below 60years is overwhelmingly higher than that of men in that same age bracket.