THE EFFECT OF INFECTION CONTROL PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AND BASIC EQUIPMENT’S ON PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY PREPAREDNESS IN NYANDARUA COUNTY GOVERNMENT PRIMARY HEALTH FACILITIES

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  • Haron Mukora Njoroge Kenya Methodist University
  • Musa Oluoch School of Medicine and Health Sciences Kenya Methodist University, Kenya
  • Eunice Muthoni School of Medicine and Health Sciences Kenya Methodist University, Kenya
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Basic Equipment’s, Infection Control Precautionary Measures, Service Delivery Preparedness and Nyandarua County

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Purpose: The main purpose of this study was to establish the effect of infection control precautionary measures and basic equipment’s on primary health service delivery preparedness in Nyandarua County government primary health facilities

Methodology: The study was descriptive cross sectional. The target population in the study was dispensaries and health centers of the county government of Nyandarua. The desired sample size was 47 dispensaries and health centres from Olkalou, Ndaragwa and Kinangop out of the overall 68 in the county. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data. The study used both descriptive and inferential statistics in data analysis. Descriptive statistics include percentages; mean and standard deviation while inferential statistics include correlation and binary logistic regression analysis.

Results: The study findings established that basic equipments were available in 69%) of the Nyandarua county government primary health facilities. The “Linda mama” basic equipments in the laboratory for antenatal clinic (ANC) profiling were 69% as well. The findings confirmed that majority (85%) of the infection control precautionary measures in the primary health facilities in Nyandarua County were in place.

Unique contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study recommends that the department of health services in the county government of Nyandarua should conduct an audit of all the primary health facilities to take account of what gaps exist and put in place the appropriate measures to fill them.

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Haron Mukora Njoroge, Kenya Methodist University

Post Graduate Student

Musa Oluoch, School of Medicine and Health Sciences Kenya Methodist University, Kenya

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Eunice Muthoni, School of Medicine and Health Sciences Kenya Methodist University, Kenya

Lecturer

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Njoroge, H. M., Oluoch, M., & Muthoni, E. (2019). THE EFFECT OF INFECTION CONTROL PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AND BASIC EQUIPMENT’S ON PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY PREPAREDNESS IN NYANDARUA COUNTY GOVERNMENT PRIMARY HEALTH FACILITIES. Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing, 4(3), 57 – 73. Retrieved from https://www.iprjb.org/journals/index.php/JHMN/article/view/959

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