Occupational Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids among Medical Laboratory Science Students of the University of Health and Allied Sciences during Vocational Internship in the Volta Region of Ghana
Table 1
Chi-square analysis of factors influencing exposure to BBF.
Variable
Frequency, n = 178 (100.0%)
No exposure, n = 88 (49.4%)
Exposure, n = 90 (50.6%)
Chi-square
value
Gender
0.0
0.919
Female
39 (21.9)
19 (48.7)
20 (51.3)
Male
139 (78.1)
69 (49.6)
70 (50.4)
Age in years
2.8
0.417
15–19
14 (7.9)
9 (64.3)
5 (35.7)
20–24
118 (66.3)
54 (45.8)
64 (54.2)
25–29
31 (17.4)
18 (58.1)
13 (41.9)
>29
15 (8.4)
7 (46.7)
8 (53.3)
Work history
1.2
0.289
Never worked
155 (87.1)
79 (51.0)
76 (49.0)
Ever worked
23 (12.9)
9 (39.1)
14 (60.9)
Year group
0.5
0.767
2nd year
91 (51.1)
47 (51.7)
44 (48.3)
3rd year
64 (36.0)
31 (48.4)
33 (51.6)
4th year
23 (12.9)
10 (43.5)
13 (56.5)
Vocational
3.6
<2 months
105 (59.0)
57 (54.3)
48 (45.7)
3–4 months
52 (29.2)
20 (38.5)
32 (61.5)
5–6 months
15 (8.4)
8 (53.3)
7 (46.7)
>6 months
6 (3.4)
3 (50.0)
3 (50.0)
Use of gloves
1.0
No
1 (0.6)
0 (0.0)
1 (100.0)
Yes
177 (99.4)
88 (49.7)
89 (50.3)
Disinfection
0.0
No
2 (1.1)
1 (50.0)
1 (50.0)
Yes
176 (98.9)
87 (49.4)
89 (50.6)
Training on ID
0.8
0.364
No
85 (51.98)
39 (45.9)
46 (54.1)
Yes
93 (52.25)
49 (52.7)
44 (47.3)
Vaccinated
0.1
0.764
No
101 (56.7)
51 (50.5)
50 (49.5)
Yes
77 (43.3)
37 (48.1)
40 (51.9)
Sufficient PPE
5.3
0.021
No
46 (25.8)
16 (34.8)
30 (65.2)
Yes
132 (74.2)
72 (54.5)
60 (45.5)
All values were calculated using the chi-square test except the ones denoted by which were using Fisher’s exact test. values denoted by are significant at .
