Occupational Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids among Health Care Workers in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A Result from Cross-Sectional Study
Table 5
Bivariate and multivariable analysis of factors associated with occupational exposure to blood and body fluids among health care workers in Gondar town, northwest Ethiopia, 2018 (N = 286).
Variable
Occupational exposure to blood and body fluids
COR (95%, CI)
AOR (95%, CI)
Yes
No
Sex
Male
107
58
1.00
1.00
Female
74
38
1.06 (0.63, 1.74)
1.08 (0.58, 2.04)
Age
≤24
18
15
1.00
1.00
25–27
68
39
1.45 (0.65, 3.20)
1.26 (0.49, 3.21)
28–32
62
29
1.78 (0.78, 4.02)
1.15 (0.34, 3.86)
≥33
33
13
2.11 (0.82, 5.40)
1.14 (0.23, 5.58)
Work experience
≤2
60
38
1.00
1.00
3–5
67
37
1.14 (0.64, 2.03)
1.42 (0.61, 3.23)
≥6
54
21
1.62 (0.85, 3.11)
2.49 (0.63, 9.89)
Profession
Nurse
50
34
1.00
1.00
Medical doctors
39
9
2.94 (1.26, 6.86)
5.1 (1.68, 15.21)
Laboratory technologist
26
14
1.26 (0.57, 2.76)
0.41 (0.03, 5.59)
Health officers
14
10
0.95 (0.37, 2.39)
1.55 (0.47, 5.11)
Midwifery
41
24
1.16 (0.59, 2.26)
2.58 (0.85, 7.82)
pharmacy
11
5
1.49 (0.47, 4.69)
1.61 (0.32, 8.20)
Working departments
Outpatient department
38
22
1.00
1.00
Injection and dressing
20
7
1.65 (0.60, 4.54)
2.60 (0.81, 8.35)
Surgical departments
14
4
2.02 (0.59, 6.92)
0.87 (0.19, 3.83)
Pediatrics
27
15
1.04 (0.46, 2.36)
0.93 (0.29, 2.91)
Gynecology
25
17
0.85 (0.37, 1.91)
0.46 (0.13, 1.61)
Medical departments
7
4
1.01 (0.26, 3.85)
0.65 (0.12, 3.53)
Laboratories
26
13
1.15 (0.49, 2.70)
4.57 (0.32, 35.00)
Others
24
14
0.99 (0.43, 2.30)
1.20 (0.36, 4.00)
Readily availability of PPE
Yes
82
65
1.00
1.00
No
99
31
2.53 (1.50, 4.25)
3.01 (1.56, 5.84)
Training on infection prevention
Yes
162
91
1.00
1.00
No
19
5
2.13 (0.77, 5.90)
3.36 (1.1, 11.2)
Khat chewing
Yes
58
19
2.35 (1.26, 4.38)
2.74 (1.3, 5.8)
No
123
80
1.00
1.00
Note. 1 : 00: reference, PPE: personal protection equipment, value < 0.05, value ≤ 0.005.
