Table 2 Institutional characteristics of HCWs (N=318) in the Southern Tigrai zone governmental hospitals, Northern Ethiopia, 2020
Variables | Category | Frequency (n) | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Level of the hospital | Primary | 80 | 25.2 |
General | 238 | 74.8 | |
Working hours per week | ≤40 | 138 | 43.4 |
>40 | 180 | 56.6 | |
Working time shift | No | 142 | 44.7 |
Yes | 176 | 55.3 | |
Additional responsibilities inside the institution | No | 217 | 68.2 |
Yes | 101 | 31.8 | |
Work in private clinics | No | 226 | 71.1 |
Yes | 92 | 28.9 | |
1Adequate PPE supply in the last 12 months | No | 158 | 49.7 |
Yes | 160 | 50.3 | |
Universal safety guideline /protocol in working room | No | 67 | 21.1 |
Yes | 251 | 78.9 | |
Presence of functional IPPS committee | No | 168 | 52.8 |
Yes | 150 | 47.2 | |
Presence of emergency shower | No | 223 | 70.1 |
Yes | 95 | 29.9 | |
Presence of functional hand washing tap | No | 42 | 13.2 |
Yes | 276 | 86.8 | |
Three color coded dust bins | No | 83 | 26.1 |
Yes | 235 | 73.9 | |
Morning session about occupational blood exposure | No | 177 | 55.7 |
Yes | 141 | 44.3 | |
Functional laundry machine | No | 192 | 60.4 |
Yes | 126 | 39.6 | |
Adequate safety box in the last 12 months | No | 105 | 33.0 |
Yes | 140 | 44.0 | |
HBV vaccination | No | 100 | 31.4 |
Yes | 218 | 68.6 | |
Working department | Emergency and injection room | 16 | 5.0 |
Pediatrics ward | 25 | 7.9 | |
Delivery ward | 55 | 17.3 | |
Medical ward | 18 | 5.7 | |
Surgical ward | 14 | 4.4 | |
Operation theater unit | 25 | 7.9 | |
Cleaner unit | 45 | 14.2 | |
Laundry unit | 23 | 7.2 | |
Laboratory unit | 24 | 7.5 | |
OPD | 39 | 12.3 | |
*Others | 34 | 10.7 |