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Research Article: Tuberculosis infection control practice among healthcare workers in Ethiopia: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis

Date Published: 2023-11-27

Abstract:
Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a main concern of health care workers in sub-Saharan Africa. Healthcare workers have the potential to have contact with TB patients and are the main stakeholders in healthcare settings to implement TB infection control, and the poor practice of TB infection control may increase the risk of transmission of TB in healthcare settings. However, there is no consistent conclusion on the TB infection control practice among healthcare workers in Ethiopia. Thus, this study aimed to determine the pooled magnitude of TB infection control practice and associated factors among healthcare workers in Ethiopia. Methods This systematic review and meta-analysis will be done by following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guideline. The following databases will be used to search for articles: PubMed, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar and grey literatures. The quality of studies will be assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) critical appraisal checklist. The data from included studies will be extracted using Microsoft Excel V.2016, and the extracted data will be analysed using STATA V.16. Forest plot and I 2 statistics will be done for heterogeneity. A funnel plot and Egger’s regression test will be conducted to check for publication bias. Potential sources of bias will be identified by subgroup analysis and meta-regression. Any type of study design conducted in Ethiopia and in English language will be included. Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval is not required, and the findings will be published in peer-reviewed journal. PROSPERO registration number CRD42023393580.

Introduction:
Tuberculosis (TB) is a communicable disease that is a leading cause of illness and death worldwide. Until the COVID-19 outbreak, TB was the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, ranking above HIV/AIDS. 1 TB is caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis , 1 2 which is spread from person to person through the air, when people with lung TB cough, sneeze or release the TB germs into the air. A person only needs to inhale a few of these germs to become infected. 1–4 It is estimated that…

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