Injection Use and Practices in Uganda - EDM Research Series No. 014: 4. HYGIENE OF INJECTION PRACTICE: 4.2 Hygiene of injections in Busoga

Injection Use and Practices in Uganda - EDM Research Series No. 014
(1994; 54 pages)

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
	1.1 Problem statement
	1.2 Objectives of the study
	1.3 Background to the country situation
		1.3.1 Health care in Uganda and injection use
		1.3.2 Sources of equipment and injectables
2. METHODOLOGY
	2.1 Sampling frame
	2.2 User-oriented methods
		2.2.1 Interviews with key informants
		2.2.2 Structured household interviews
		2.2.3 Methodological problems encountered with the household survey
	2.3 Provider-oriented methods
3. EXTENT OF INJECTION USE
	3.1 Prevalence of injection use
	3.2 Prevalence of specific types of injections
	3.3 Sources of injections
		3.3.1 Home possession of injection equipment and injectables
		3.3.2 Qualifications of provider who administered last injection
	3.4 Prevalence of injections at various medical facilities
	3.5 Evaluation of the appropriateness of injection use
4. HYGIENE OF INJECTION PRACTICE
	4.1 Hygiene of injections in Ankole
	4.2 Hygiene of injections in Busoga
		4.2.1 Injecting equipment
		4.2.2 Before injecting
		4.2.3 During injecting
		4.2.4 After injecting
		4.2.5 Summary
	4.3 Injection complications
5. POPULARITY OF INJECTIONS
6. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
	6.1 Overview of results including main findings
	6.2 Recommendations
		6.2.1 Interventions
REFERENCES
LIST OF APPENDICES
	Appendix 1
	Appendix 2
	Appendix 3
OTHER DOCUMENTS IN THE DAP RESEARCH SERIES

4.2 Hygiene of injections in Busoga

In Busoga, the observations at 21 provider facilities¹² show that 61.9% of the providers did not meet minimum hygienic standards before injecting, 47.6% did not meet minimum hygienic standards during injecting, while 81.0% did not meet minimum hygienic standards after injection (see Table 14).

¹² In Bugosa, hygienic practices were assessed in 21 providers facilities, being 1 government hospital, 4 government health centres, 3 NGO health centres, 6 private clinics, 3 informal providers (drug shops) and 4 home providers of injections.

Table 14: Percentage of providers who did not observe minimal standards, before, during and after administration of an injection using the WHO and MOH standards (see Appendix 2) in Busoga Region

	Busoga (Eastern Uganda) (n=21)
Before administration	61.9% (13)
During administration	47.6% (10)
After administration	81.0% (17)