Abstract
The major purpose of this study was to investigate the health care safety
practices adopted by the caregivers in the crèches in Lagos state.
Specifically, the study determined the important health care and safety
practices which should be adopted by caregivers in the crèches and those
that are actually adopted by caregivers in the crèches in Lagos State. The
area of the study was Lagos state. The population for the study was 1005
respondents consisting of 701 caregivers in the crèches and 304 in-house
medical nurses. A sample of 353 respondents made up of 237 caregivers
and 116 nurses were used for the study. Questionnaire was used for data
collection. The data were analyzed using mean. The major findings of the
study included 18 important health care practices out of which 17 were
adopted and 16 important safety practices out of which 15 were adopted
by the caregivers in the crèches in Lagos State.