Table 2 Demographic characteristics of participants, and frequency of adherence to guidelines in outcome variables
| Â | Values in n (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
Always ask patient to state name and civic number | Never neglect asking for ID with the reason“known” | Always compare pat ID with ID on test request | Always make sure test request and test tube label ID numbers are consistent | |||
|  |  | Total (n = 164) | Adherence to guideline – within background variable group | |||
Sex | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
| Â | Female | 155 (95) | 79 (53) | 56 (38) | 122 (80) | 89 (59) |
| Â | Male | 9 (5) | 4 (44) | 2 (25) | 5 (56) | 5 (62) |
Occupation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
| Â | Enrolled nurses | 64 (39) | 37 (59) | 27 (44) | 52 (84) | 41 (65) |
| Â | Registered nurses | 100 (61) | 46 (49) | 31 (33) | 75 (76) | 53 (55) |
Employed at worksite | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
| Â | <5Â years | 53 (34) | 33 (62) | 27 (51) | 45 (87) | 28 (55) |
| Â | 5-15 years | 52 (34) | 24 (48) | 16 (32) | 42 (82) | 32 (64) |
| Â | >15Â years | 49 (32) | 22 (45) | 11 (24) | 34 (69) | 30 (63) |
Participants’ workplace size |  |  |  |  |  | |
| Â | Small (<20 empl) | 38 (23) | 11 (31) | 4 (11) | 27 (73) | 15 (44) |
|  | Medium (20–34 empl) | 70 (43) | 37 (56) | 26 (41) | 51 (75) | 46 (67) |
| Â | Large (>34 empl) | 56 (34) | 35 (64) | 28 (52) | 49 (88) | 33 (59) |
Participants’ workplace setting |  |  |  |  | ||
| Â | Urban | 78 (48) | 47 (63) | 36 (50) | 61 (80) | 43 (56) |
| Â | Rural | 86 (52) | 36 (44) | 22 (27) | 66 (78) | 51 (62) |
Governance | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
| Â | Federally run | 154 (94) | 9 (95) | 56 (39) | 120 (80) | 89 (59) |
| Â | Privately run | 10 (6) | 4 (40) | 2 (20) | 7 (70) | 5 (56) |
VBSC frequency | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
| Â | Every workday | 89 (56) | 47 (54) | 9 (35) | 72 (83) | 56 (65) |
| Â | Every week or less | 70 (44) | 35 (51) | 28 (40) | 52 (75) | 36 (53) |
Total adherence | Â | 83(53) | 58(38) | 127(79) | 94(59) | |
| Â | Â | Missing 7 | Missing 10 | Missing 3 | Missing 5 | |