Rachel Beardsley, Sarah Lebu, Carmen Anthonj, Musa Manga
Child feces disposal practices in humanitarian and non-humanitarian settings across 34 low- and middle-income countries
The Science of the total environment
healthcare industry widely regarded highrisk environment workers occupational health safety result healthcare workers constantly exposed wide range hazards including biological chemical physical ergonomic psychosocial hazards consequently janitorial staff vulnerable section healthcare workforce occupational injuries compared others due nature work therefore study aims assessing magnitude occupational accidents associated factors among janitorial staff dilla university teaching hospital crosssectional institutionalbased study conducted august september 2022 university teaching hospital south ethiopia total 105 janitorial staff included study response rate 938 data collected using structured intervieweradministered questionnaire data entered using epi info version 725 exported ibm spss statistics 22 cleaning analysis binary logistic regression model used identify predictors occupational accidents variables pvalue 005 multivariable analysis considered statistically significant prevalence occupational accidents 61 95 ci 514 705 total study participants 52 455 33 314 participants reported experienced chemical splash needle stick injury respectively age participants one factors occupational accidents participants receive training 3 times aor29 95 ci 104 802 likely exposed good practice protective occupational injuries study highlights high prevalence occupational accidents particularly chemical splashes needle stick injuries among janitors study settings study emphasizes importance age training awareness adherence infection prevention control strategies factors influencing likelihood experiencing occupational injuries