Occupational Exposure of Health-Care Workers to Blood and Body Fluids in West Shewa Zone, Ethiopia, 2018: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Independent predictors of occupational exposure to blood and body fluids among health care workers in West Shewa zone, Ethiopia, 2018.

Characteristics	Category	Exposure to blood and body fluids		Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
		Yes; No. (%)	No; No. (%)
Work experience (in years)	≤2	35 (9.28)	47 (12.47)	0.15 (0.06–0.39)	1.47 (1.13–1.93)
	3–5	86 (22.81)	61 (16.18)	0.29 (0.12–0.69)	0.29 (0.12–0.69)
	6–9	75 (19.89)	32 (8.49)	0.48 (0.19–1.20)	0.48 (0.19–1.20)
	≥10	34 (9.02)	7 (1.86)	1	1
Place of work	Health center	143 (37.93)	50 (13.26)	3.19 (2.07–4.92)	0.42 (0.26–0.68)
	Hospital	87 (23.08)	97 (25.73)	1	1
Perceive at risk of BBF borne infection	Yes	223 (59.15)	121 (32.10)	6.85 (2.89–16.23)	0.16 (0.03–0.98)
	No	7 (1.86)	26 (6.90)	1	1
Ever injury of needle stick	Yes	154 (40.85)	41 (10.87)	5.24 (3.33–8.24)	0.30 (0.12–0.75)
	No	76 (20.16)	106 (28.12)	1	1
Washing of hands	Yes	32 (8.49)	46 (12.20)	0.29 (0.16–0.52)	0.15 (0.07–0.31)
	No	260 (68.97)	39 (10.34)	1	1

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence intervals; and (significant association).