Bacterial Contamination of Medical Doctors and Students White Coats at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
Table 2
Risk factors associated with the detection of pathogens in clinical coats among study participants at KCMC, Moshi, Tanzania, in 2014.
Variables
Pathogens detected
Crude OR (95% CI)
Adjusted ORα (95% CI)
Yes
No
(%)
(%)
Gender
Female
44 (31.4)
18 (45.0)
Male
96 (68.6)
22 (55.0)
1.8 (0.9–3.7)
0.114
1.4 (0.1–3.1)
0.354
Position (level)
Medical student
94 (67.1)
26 (65.0)
Medical doctor
46 (32.9)
14 (35.0)
0.9 (0.4–1.9)
0.800
1.3 (0.6–2.8)
0.576
Area of residence
Off-campus
114 (81.4)
30 (75.0)
In-campus
26 (18.6)
10 (25.0)
0.7 (0.3–1.6)
0.372
1.1 (0.4–2.7)
0.903
Working specialty
Surgical
74 (52.9)
6 (15.0)
Nonsurgical
66 (47.1)
34 (85.0)
0.2 (0.1–0.4)
<0.001
0.2 (0.1–0.5)
<0.001
Duty station
Inpatients
112 (80.0)
38 (95.0)
Outpatient
28 (20.0)
2 (5.0)
4.8 (1.1–20.9)
0.039
3.2 (0.7–14.9)
0.132
Days of worn coat since last washing
<3 days
94 (67.2)
26 (65.0)
3–7 days
36 (25.7)
14 (35.0)
0.7 (0.3–1.5)
0.376
0.6 (0.2–1.3)
0.205
>7 days
10 (7.1)
0 (0.0)
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—
—
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Wearing a white coat outside clinical areas
Yes
6 (4.3)
2 (5.0)
No
134 (95.7)
38 (95.0)
1.2 (0.2–6.1)
0.847
1.3 (0.2–7.3)
0.802
Location for coat storage
Hospital area
22 (15.7)
6 (15.0)
Home/hostel
118 (84.3)
34 (85.0)
0.9 (0.4–2.5)
0.912
0.6 (0.2–1.8)
0.412
RR = relative risk; CI = confidence interval. Estimated from the logistic regression model with Wald type value. Adjusted for gender, working specialty, and duty station.