Laboratory Staff’s Awareness on Hospital Laboratory’s Information Security in Prachuap Khiri Khan Pronvince

Abstract

               This descriptive study measures laboratory staff’s awareness on hospital laboratory’s information security and knowledge,and compares their personal characteristics and knowledge perceptions. There were 92 hospital staff in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province participated in this current study. A questionnaire was used to collect data, and data were analyzed using t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA).

               The results of the study indicated that 77.2% of the laboratory staff were female and 22.8% were male. Slightly more than half of the participants (52.2%) had 1-5 years of work experience while 47.8% had worked for over five years. Moreover, 43.5% of the staff were medical technologists, whereas 56.5% were not. In terms of education, 59.8% of the samples had bachelor’s degree. The majority of them worked in general hospitals (56.5%) while 43.5% were in community hospitals. Concerning knowledge level, 46.7% of the staff had a moderate level of knowledge. When comparing genders, work experience in hospital laboratories, and job positions with laboratory information security awareness, the findings revealed that they were statistically different at the significance level of 0.05. However, the relationship between education level and knowledge level was not statistically different.

               Overall, this study recommends to encourage laboratory staff to take professional responsibility, and share relevant experiences and legal knowledge as they are the foundations of awareness.