Compliance with Standard Precautions and Associated Factors among Healthcare Workers in Gondar University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 4

Bivariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with compliance with SPs among HCWs working in Gondar University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2014.

Variable	⁢Compliance with SPs		Crude odds ratio with 95% CI	Adjusted odds ratio with 95% CI
	Noncompliant ()	Compliant ()
Sociodemographic and individual factors
Sex
Female	118	26	2.29 (1.26–4.20)	2.18 (1.12–4.23)
Male	240	23	1	1
Knowledge on SPs
Unsatisfactory	144	13	1	—
Satisfactory	214	26	1.86 (0.96–3.64)
Perception of infection risk
Lower	224	12	1	1
Higher	134	37	5.15 (2.59–10.23)	3.46 (1.67–7.18)
Institutional factors
Availability of PPE
Not readily available	323	37	1	—
Readily available	35	12	2.99 (1.43–6.27)
Accessibility of PPE
Not readily accessible	312	28	1	1
Readily accessible	46	21	5.09 (2.67–9.69)	2.87 (1.41–5.86)
Management support for safety
Less frequent	295	24	1	1
More frequent	63	25	4.88 (2.62–9.09)	2.23 (1.11–4.53)
Feedback for safety practice
Less frequent	316	31	1	—
More frequent	42	18	4.37 (2.23–8.49)
Work place safety climate
Unsatisfactory	327	36	1	—
Satisfactory	31	13	3.81 (1.83–7.93)
Training
No	163	7	1	1
Yes	195	42	5.02 (2.19–11.47)	2.90 (1.20–7.02)

PPE = personal protective equipment, CI = confidence interval, and SPs = standard precautions.
Hosmer and Lemeshow Test: Chi-square = 3.54, df = 7, and value = 0.83.