Attitude and Vaccination Status of Healthcare Workers against Hepatitis B Infection in a Teaching Hospital, Ethiopia

Table 2

Attitude of health professional towards hepatitis B infection and its vaccination, AHMC, Ethiopia, in 2017.

Items	Strongly agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
HBV is serious public health problem	300 (77.8%)	70 (18.2%)	4 (1.0%)	10 (2.5%)	2 (0.5%)
All patients should be tested for HBV before they receive; healthcare	80 (20.7%)	116 (30.1%)	99 (25.6%)	68 (17.7%)	23 (5.9%)
Being a health professional puts you at greatest risk of; HBV infection	292 (75.9%)	80 (20.6%)	8 (2%)	4 (1%)	2 (0.5%)
Following infection control guidelines will protect me; from being infected with HBV and HCV at work	203 (52.7%)	125 (32.5%)	21 (5.4%)	29 (7.4%)	8 (2,0%)
I deliver the same standard of care to patients with HBV; as I do for other patients	46 (11.8%)	148 (38.4%)	32 (8.4%)	101 (26.1%)	59 (15.3%)
It is appropriate not to spend much time when caring HBV-infected patients	91 (23.6%)	109 (28.2%)	46 (11.8%)	72 (18.7%)	68 (17.7%)
A healthcare worker can infect patients with HBV	112 (29.1%)	141 (36.5%)	15 (3.9%)	78 (20.2%)	40 (10.3%)
Health professionals who are hepatitis B virus-positive; should not give healthcare services to patients	25 (6.4%)	32 (8.4%)	63 (16.3%)	118 (30.5%)	148 (38.4%)
I do not trust HBV vaccine	17 (4.3%)	45 (11.7%)	54 (14%)	109 (28.3%)	161 (41.7%)
HBV vaccine should be compulsory	198 (51.2%)	91 (23.7%)	25 (6.4%)	64 (16.7%)	8 (2%)
HB vaccine is safe but is expensive	236 (61.1%)	89 (23.2%)	36 (9.4%)	13 (3.4%)	12 (3.0%)
After exposure to contagious flu-id/ material, the vaccine; reduces likelihood of being HBV-positive	122 (31.5%)	97 (25.1%)	49 (12.8%)	80 (20.7%)	38 (9.9%)