Occupational exposure to blood and body fluids and associated factors among health care workers at the University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 3 Distribution of common factors to occupational exposures of blood and body fluids among health care workers

Variables	Results	Frequency (#)	Percentage (%)
Training on occupational infection prevention	Yes	111	39.36
Training on occupational infection prevention	No	171	60.64
Practicing universal precaution and safety	Yes	124	44.0
Practicing universal precaution and safety	No	158	56.0
Availability of adequate PPEs	Yes	65	23.0
Availability of adequate PPEs	No	217	77.0
Availability of safety signs in the workplace	Yes	73	25.9
Availability of safety signs in the workplace	No	209	74.1
Wearing of gloves during handling and processing of BBFs	Yes	265	94.0
Wearing of gloves during handling and processing of BBFs	No	17	6.0
Wearing of eye goggle during handling and processing of BBFs	Yes	43	15.2
	No	239	84.8
Safety of the workplace in the prevention of exposure to BBFs	Yes	109	38.7
	No	173	61.3
Availability of adequate hand washing facilities in the workplace	Yes	203	72.0
	No	79	28.0
Washing of hands before and after any procedure or process	Yes	252	89.4
Washing of hands before and after any procedure or process	No	30	10.6
Availability of an infection prevention team	Yes	83	29.4
Availability of an infection prevention team	No	199	70.6
HBV vaccinated	Yes	156	55.3
HBV vaccinated	No	126	44.7
Recapping of the used needle	Yes	126	44.7
Recapping of the used needle	No	156	55.3
Applying of universal safety precaution standards	Yes	83	29.4
Applying of universal safety precaution standards	No	199	70.6

BBFs blood and body fluids, HBV hepatitis B virus, PPE personal protective equipment

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