Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Colonization among Healthcare Workers at Kampala International University Teaching Hospital, Southwestern Uganda
Table 1
Participants’ baseline characteristics.
Characteristic
Males
Females
Total (%, n = 97)
value
Profession
0.01
Doctor
9 (90%)
1 (10%)
10 (10.3%)
Paramedic
28 (80%)
7 (20%)
35 (36.1%)
Nurses
14 (38.9%)
22 (61.1%)
36 (37.1%)
Lab staff
10 (62.5%)
6 (37.5%)
16 (16.5%)
Age group
0.343
≤25
19 (59.4%)
13 (40.6%)
32 (33%)
26–30
28 (65%)
15 (35%)
43 (44.3%)
31–35
7 (50%)
7 (50%)
14 (14.4%)
≥36
7 (87.5%)
1 (12.5%)
8 (8%)
Ward/department
0.653
Special clinics
7 (77.8%)
2 (22.2%)
9 (9.3%)
OPD
4 (50%)
4 (50%)
8 (8.2%)
Paediatric
12 (67%)
6 (33%)
18 (18.6%)
Surgical
7 (50%)
7 (50%)
14 (14.4%)
Obs and Gyne
4 (67%)
2 (33%)
6 (6.2%)
Laboratory
10 (62.5%)
6 (37.5%)
16 (16.5%)
Medical ward
7 (87.5%)
1 (12.5%)
8 (8.2%)
A and E
10 (56%)
8 (44%)
18 (18.6%)
A and E, accident and emergency; Obs and Gyne, Obstetrics and Gynecology; OPD, outpatients department; statistically significant.
