Table 4 Occupational blood exposure and related information among blood-exposed HCWs (N=148) in the Southern Tigrai zone governmental hospitals, Northern Ethiopia, 2020
Variables | Category | Frequency (n) | Percent (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Needle stick injury | No | 94 | 63.5 | |
Yes | 54 | 36.5 | ||
Blood splash | No | 48 | 32.4 | |
Yes | 100 | 67.6 | ||
Sharp injury | No | 119 | 80.4 | |
Yes | 29 | 19.6 | ||
Place of exposure | Emergency and injection | No | 119 | 80.4 |
Yes | 29 | 19.6 | ||
Pediatrics ward | No | 142 | 97.2 | |
Yes | 6 | 2.8 | ||
Delivery ward | No | 101 | 68.2 | |
Yes | 47 | 31.8 | ||
Medical ward | No | 141 | 95.3 | |
Yes | 7 | 4.7 | ||
Surgical ward | No | 140 | 94.5 | |
Yes | 8 | 5.5 | ||
Operation theater unit | No | 108 | 73.0 | |
Yes | 40 | 27.0 | ||
Cleaner unit | No | 120 | 81.1 | |
Yes | 28 | 19.9 | ||
Laundry unit | No | 137 | 92.6 | |
Yes | 11 | 7.4 | ||
Laboratory unit | No | 134 | 90.5 | |
Yes | 14 | 9.5 | ||
OPD | No | 142 | 95.9 | |
Yes | 6 | 4.1 | ||
Other working room | No | 134 | 90.5 | |
Yes | 14 | 9.5 | ||
Time of exposure | Day | 80 | 25.2 | |
Night | 55 | 17.3 | ||
Both | 12 | 3.8 | ||
Report of the blood exposure | No | 83 | 56.1 | |
Yes | 65 | 43.9 | ||