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Table 2 Proportion of healthcare workers received education on use of personal protective equipment (PPE), post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) procedure and infection prevention and control (IPC)

From: Knowledge of occupational exposure to HIV: a cross sectional study of healthcare workers in Tumbi and Dodoma hospitals, Tanzania

 

Use of PPE

IPC education

PEP education

Clinicians

50 (71.4)

55 (78.6)

61 (87.1)

Nurses

135 (74.6)

144 (79.6)

148 (81.8)

Other clinical staff

13 (54.2)

15 (62 5)

14 (58.3)

Non-clinical staff

75 (68.1)

79 (62.7)

75 (59.5)

Total

273 (68.1)

293 (73.1)

298 (74.3)

P - value

0.004

0.016

0.000