S/N | Author/year | Country | Population/Type of study | Good/ adequate Knowledge | Positive Attitude | Gen Practice | Hand washing | Wearing of gloves | Wearing of Apron/masks | Eye protection | Don’t recap Needle | Proper Sharp disposal |
1 | Punia et al. 2014 [15] | India | C/S, 162 HCWs | - | - | 95% | 77% | 28% | 22% | - | - | |
2 | Pati et al. 2013 [2] | India | 32 HCWs in Sub District Hospital | 90.90% | 50% | 31% | 38% | |||||
3 | Jain et al. 2012 [54] | India | 329 nurses and 71 doctors | 55.30% | - | 52% | - | - | - | |||
4 | Das et al. 2016 [84] | India | C/S study of 132 interns | Hand washing 82%, wearing gloves 82.6% | 64% | 47.90% | 62.50% | |||||
5 | Holla et al. 2014 [55] | India | C/S, 178 health care professionals | 97.20% | 75.50% | 77.50% | 46.60% | 31.50% | 51.70% | 87.60% | ||
6 | Askarian et al. 2002 [16] | Iran | C/S study of 137 dental & 208 midwifery students | 85% | 24.1%; 2% double gloved | 97% midwifery and 47% dental students | ||||||
7 | Asadpour et al. 2013 [85] | Iran | C/S, 135 physicians and medical student | 72.4% (32.6/45) | 75.1% (33.1/44) | |||||||
8 | Fashafsheh et al. 2015 [86] | Palestine | C/S; 271 Nurses | 53.90% | 91.1% had good practice | |||||||
9 | Halboub et al. 2015 [87] | Yemen | 145 dental students | - | 96.60% | 53.80% | 14% | - | - | |||
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10 | Qazi et al. 2016 [75] | Parkistan | C/S of 198 HCWs | Awarenes 59.9% | 91% - 100% | 19.70% | ||||||
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11 | Reda et al. 2010 [2] | Ethiopia | C/S Survey 475 HCWs in 10 Hospitals | 53.10% | 80% regular | |||||||
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12 | Jakob et al. 2015 [88] | Ethiopia | C/S, 135 HCWs | - | 42.20% | 67.40% | ||||||
13 | Akudunan et al. 1999 [57] | USA | 597 HCWs in 76 operating room procedures | - | 26% double glove | 76% any form | - | |||||
14 | Doebbling et al. 2003 [58] | USA | 3223 HCWS in Community Hosp | 32% - 54% | - | 29-70% | 32% nurse, 28% doctors | |||||
15 | Raghavendran et al. 2006 [23] | United Kingdom | 258 HCWs (Drs, Nurses & operating Rm staff | - | 64% always, Drs. 31% | 56.60% | 57% |