ABSTRACT
The specific objective of this study was to evaluate the standard of cleanliness of intracavitory transducers by Sonographers in Enugu; the exposure to infectious diseases and the specific regulatory guidelines for infection control in ultrasound laboratory.The research was a non-experimental cross sectional study. The sample size was 46 sonographers. The primary source of data was questionnaire. The result shows that 43.48% of Sonographers clean their intracavitory ultrasound transducer at the end of the all the investigation. 15.22% of the sonographers said they clean their intracavitory transducers only when they are soiled. From this findings, the result shows that 26.09% sonographers agreed that there is availability of specific regulatory guidelines for infection control in ultrasound laboratory while the remaining 73.91% of sonographers said that there is no specific regulatory guidelines for infection control in ultrasound laboratory .
This study showed that 26.09% of the sonographers had contacted an infection such as upper respiratory tract infection, tuberculosis, measles e.t.c. 30.43% said they are not sure if they have contacted infections. There should be need for appropriate authorities to constantly monitor and sensitize sonographers on the need to adopt and adhere to the universal precautionary measures for infection control in ultrasound laboratories.