Assessment of Knowledge and Practices of Standard Precaution against Blood Borne Pathogens among Doctors and Nurses at Adult Emergency Room in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 3

Practice level of study participants on standard precaution against blood borne pathogens among study participants in selected hospitals, February to March 2018.

Variables	Frequency	Percent
Reasons for not washing hands
Inaccessibility of hand washing materials	35	28.5
Not always necessary	24	19.5
Absence of hand washing materials	18	14.6
Emergency condition	30	24.4
I use glove	16	13
Wearing PPE before touching the patient
Yes	80	65
No	43	35
Device used as PPE
Apron	37	30.1
Mask	59	47.9
Utility glove	71	57.7
Gown	61	49.6
Eye protector glove	29	23.6
Boots shoes	42	31.1
How many times you sustained needle stick injury
1 times/year	27	69.2
2 times/year	9	23.1
>3 times/year	3	7.7
Reuse of medical equipment’s
Yes	6	4.9
No	117	95.1
Giving or decontaminate laryngoscope after use
Yes	79	64.2
No	44	35.8