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Table 5 Responses to Receiving Bioterrorism Education in the Future

From: Knowledge and preparedness of healthcare providers towards bioterrorism

No.

Statement

n (%)

1.

Recognition of an illness or injury in humans as potentially resulting from exposure to a bioterrorism agent.

818 (83.9)

2.

Safety measures to be taken by a public health responder in a bioterrorism event, including the use of protective equipment.

794 (81.4)

3.

KFMC laws and statutes relating to public health measures.

771 (81.5)

4.

Basic education regarding biological incidents.

767 (80.3)

5.

How the public health system works in Saudi Arabia.

757 (78.1)

6.

Isolation and decontamination procedures

749 (79.9)

7.

Disease investigation and reporting/epidemiologic methods

748 (77.9)

8.

Surveillance (including syndromic surveillance) for a bioterrorism agent.

748 (79.2)

9.

Who to call if a bioterrorism event is suspected.

728 (77.9)

10.

How to access clinical information about bioterrorism.

716 (76.7)

11.

Laboratory diagnosis of a bioterrorism agent.

696 (73.8)

  1. Because of missing data in responses, items have various denominators
  2. The questions have been ordered from the most to the least correct answers