The critical role of infection prevention overlooked in Ethiopia, only one-half of health-care workers had safe practice: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Biniyam Sahiledengle; Yohannes Tekalegn; Demelash Woldeyohannes

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0245469

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The critical role of infection prevention overlooked in Ethiopia, only one-half of health-care workers had safe practice: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Biniyam Sahiledengle ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: biniyam.sahiledengle@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Public Health, MaddaWalabu University Goba Referral Hospital, Bale Goba, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1114-4849

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Yohannes Tekalegn,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, MaddaWalabu University Goba Referral Hospital, Bale Goba, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6628-8180

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Demelash Woldeyohannes

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, MaddaWalabu University Goba Referral Hospital, Bale Goba, Ethiopia
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The critical role of infection prevention overlooked in Ethiopia, only one-half of health-care workers had safe practice: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Biniyam Sahiledengle,
Yohannes Tekalegn,
Demelash Woldeyohannes

Published: January 14, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245469

About the Authors

Biniyam Sahiledengle

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: biniyam.sahiledengle@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Public Health, MaddaWalabu University Goba Referral Hospital, Bale Goba, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1114-4849

Yohannes Tekalegn

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, MaddaWalabu University Goba Referral Hospital, Bale Goba, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6628-8180

Demelash Woldeyohannes

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, MaddaWalabu University Goba Referral Hospital, Bale Goba, Ethiopia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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