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Table 4 Reporting rate of sharp injuries exposed to blood

From: Sharp injuries: a cross-sectional study among health care workers in a provincial teaching hospital in China

Variables

Number of sharp injuries exposed to blood (n = 130)

Reporting rate of sharp injuries exposed to blood

χ 2

P value

Reporting number

Reporting rate (%)

Gender

Male

31

12

38.7

0.43

> 0.05

Female

99

32

32.3

Job category

Doctor

55

23

41.8

2.71

> 0.05

Nurse

75

21

28.0

Activity

Disposing used medical waste

8

4

50.0

8.30

> 0.05

During operation

23

11

47.8

Blood drawing

21

9

42.9

During medical examination

16

6

37.5

Destroyed sharps items

19

6

31.6

Withdrawing the needle

43

8

18.6

Department

Surgery Dept.

67

22

32.8**

20.29

< 0.01

Internal medicine

35

9

25.7**

Emergency Dept.

6

4

4/6

Infection Dept.

7

7

7/7

Pediatrics

15

2

13.3**

Type of blood exposure

HBV

45

33

73.3##

65.40

< 0.01

HCV

5

5

5/5##

Unknown

80

6

7.5

Injury level

Light

52

10

19.2

12.60

< 0.01

Medium

75

31

41.3

Heavy

3

3

3/3

  1. included 1 case of HIV exposure
  2. For rank sum test and two rank and inspection, compared with infection Dept
  3. **P < 0.01; Compared with the emergency department
  4. P < 0.05; Compared with the unknown exposure
  5. ##P < 0.01