PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF LABORATORY PROFESSIONALS AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS ON TUBERCLOSIS MICROSCOPY IN AMHARA REGION, ETHIOPIA

MENBERU, FITSUM (BSC

dc.contributor.author	MENBERU, FITSUM (BSC
dc.date.accessioned	2018-01-17T07:43:18Z
dc.date.available	2018-01-17T07:43:18Z
dc.date.issued	2018-01-17
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8508
dc.description.abstract	Back ground: Tuberculosis is a major global health problem, Ethiopian ranks th among 22 high burden countries. Common Laboratory diagnosis methods of tuberculo sis are Ziehl-Neelsen light microscopy; light emitting diodes fluorescent microscopy in resource limited countries like Ethiopia, however, detection of TB require skilled labora tory personnel, continuous monitoring and quality improvement mechanisms. Objective: To evaluate the performance of laboratory professionals and associated factors on TB microscopy Method: Institutional based cross sectional study was conducted, from Nov 5-30, 2015; 276 laboratory professionals were included in the study. Data were collected using panel testing slide and questioner. Variables which showed association at p < 0.2 in the bivariate analysis were fitted to the multivariate binary logistic regression model. OR with 95% Cl & P-value< 0.05 was used to measure association in multivariate binary logistic regression. Results: Of the respondents, 216 (78.3%) performed TB microscopy correctly; (95% Cl: 73.2, 83.3); while 60(21.7%) participants committed major error. Only 3(1.1 %) of the participants read all (10) slides exactly without any type of error. Those who participa tion in decision making about laboratory issues in health facilities perform TB microsco py correctly 60% times less likely than those who do not (AOR=0.38,95% Cl (0.19, 0.77). participants who involve in external Quality Assurance performers 2.07 times more likely to perform TB microscopy as compared with those who do not EQA(AOR=2.07,95% Cl (1.01,4.20). Respondents who used Standard Operating Pro cedure while performing TB diagnosis in the laboratory had 9.59 times more likely to di agnose TB correctly as compared to those who don't use SOP(AOR=9.59,95%CI (2.45,37). Males are 2.86 times more likely to diagnose TB microscopy correctly than females (AOR=2.86, 95%	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	public Health	en_US
dc.title	PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF LABORATORY PROFESSIONALS AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS ON TUBERCLOSIS MICROSCOPY IN AMHARA REGION, ETHIOPIA	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US