Research Article
Occupational Exposure of Health-Care Workers to Blood and Body Fluids in West Shewa Zone, Ethiopia, 2018: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 2
Patterns of exposure to blood and body fluids among health care workers in West Shewa zone, Ethiopia, 2018.
| | Characteristics | Category | Exposure to blood and body fluids | Yes
No. (%) | No
No. (%) |
| | Professional category | Nurse | 145 (38.46) | 80 (21.22) | | Laboratory | 14 (3.71) | 20 (5.31) | | Health officer | 18 (4.77) | 18 (4.77) | | Midwifery | 34 (9.02) | 6 (1.59) | | Medical doctor | 9 (2.39) | 9 (2.39) | | Others | 10 (2.65) | 14 (3.71) | | Departments for occupational exposure | Inpatient | 26 (6.90) | 23 (6.10) | | Labor and delivery | 193 (51.19) | 110 (29.18) | | Laboratory | 63 (16.72) | 39 (10.34) | | Emergency | 205 (54.38) | 124 (32.89) | | Operating theatre | 74 (19.63) | 74 (19.63) | | Injection and dressing room | 182 (48.28) | 100 (26.53) | | Maternal and child health | 1 (0.27) | 1 (0.27) | | Reasons for exposure | Multiple procedures simultaneously | 199 (52.79) | 122 (32.36) | | Sudden movement of the patient | 54 (14.32) | 44 (11.67) | | As a result of recapping of needle | 102 (27.06) | 50 (13.26) | | Lack of PPE | 23 (6.10) | 39 (10.34) | | During waste collection | 46 (12.20) | 11 (2.92) | | During delivery | 19 (5.04) | 4 (1.06) | | Not enough training on the issue | 66 (17.51) | 38 (10.08) | | Not following correct protocol | 84 (22.28) | 58 (15.38) | | Other | 2 (0.53) | 0 (0.00) |
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