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Standard precautions for preventing Tuberculosis and HIV: Compliance of Eswatini university student nurses

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  • Ncobile Sidzandza Victoria Gina
  • Melitah Molatelo Rasweswe
  • Miriam Mmamphamo Moagi

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Tuberculosis 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.

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  • Ncobile Sidzandza Victoria Gina & Melitah Molatelo Rasweswe & Miriam Mmamphamo Moagi, 2021. "Standard precautions for preventing Tuberculosis and HIV: Compliance of Eswatini university student nurses," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(12), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0261944
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261944
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