The effect of injection safety training on knowledge and attitude of primary health care workers in Ilorin, Nigeria

Background: Studies have shown poor injection safety practices among health workers in Nigeria and this was adduced to lack of adequate training on injection safety practices. Objective: The study assessed the effect of the training intervention on the knowledge and attitude of primary healthcare workers on injection safety in Ilorin. Methodology; The study was quasi-experimental, conducted in 3 phases using multistage random sampling to recruit 126 Primary Health Care Workers into training intervention group and 121 in control group. Pretested semi-structured questionnaire was used at pre-intervention and post-intervention phases. Result; The observed improvement in intervention group’s knowledge at pre intervention phase (35.7%) and post intervention phase (66.7%) was statistically significant (p Key words: Injection safety, Primary health care, Training