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Table 1 Exposed healthcare workers (n = 192)

From: Self-reported occupational exposure to HIV and factors influencing its management practice: a study of healthcare workers in Tumbi and Dodoma Hospitals, Tanzania

 

Doctors (%)

Nurses (%)

Others (%)

All (%)

Exposed HCW

47 (24.5)

92 (47.9)

53 (27.6)

192 (47.9)

Male

30 (47.6)

17 (27.0)

16 (25.4)

63 (32.8)

Female

17 (13.2)

75 (58.1)**

36 (67.9)

128 (66.6)

Tested for HIV

29 (61.7)

56 (60.9)

36 (67.9)

121 (63.0)

Source status known

39 (83.0)**

64 (69.9)

29 (54.7)

132 (68.8)

Received PEP

12 (25.5)

24 (26.1)

25 (47.2)*

61 (31.8)

PEP use as instructed

8 (66.7)

17 (65.4)

16 (69.6)

41 (67.2)

  1. **p < 0.0001; *p < 0.005.