Occupational exposures to blood and body fluids among healthcare workers in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sahiledengle, Biniyam; Tekalegn, Yohannes; Woldeyohannes, Demelash; Quisido, Bruce John Edward

doi:10.1186/s12199-020-00897-y

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Table 1 Studies identified in the systematic review on blood and body fluid exposure among healthcare workers in Ethiopia, 2007–2020

From: Occupational exposures to blood and body fluids among healthcare workers in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Name	Year of publication	Study design	Study population	Setting	Sampling	Region	Sample size	Response rate	12-month prevalence of BBE exposure	Life time prevalence of BBE exposure	Type of BBF exposure	Risk of bias
Zenbaba D et al. [10]	2020	CS	HCWs and C	Hospitals	Simple random	Oromia	394	97.5	44.9	60.2	E, M or MM	L
Geberemariyam BS et al. [13]	2018	CS	HCWs	Hospitals and health centers	Simple random	Oromia	648	95.3		39	E or M	L
Reda AA et al. [14]	2010	CS	HCWs	Hospitals and health centers	Census	Harari and Dire Dawa	484	84.4	20.2	28.8	E or M	L
Geberemariyam BS [11]	2019	CS	HCWs	Hospitals	Simple random	Addis Ababa	277	85.7	29.2	42.6	E or M	L
Amare Z et al. [27]	2018	CS	HCWs	Hospital	Simple random	Addis Ababa	200	100	38		E or M	L
Gebresilassie A et al. [16]	2014	CS	HCWs	Hospitals and health centers	Simple random	Tigray	483	95.6	60.2		E, M or N	L
Kaweti and Abegaz [22]	2014	CS	HCWs	Hospitals	Simple random	SNNP	496	94.3	46	28	MM	L
Amerga and Mekonnen [20]	2018	CS	HCWs	Health centers	Simple random	Addis Ababa	361	93.2	40.2	47.4	NR	L
Tadesse M et al. [28]	2016	CS	HCWs	Hospitals and health centers	Systematic sampling	SNNP	623	82	65.7	73.8	NR	L
Yenesew and Fekadu [29]	2014	CS	HCWs	Hospitals and health centers	Simple random	Amhara	317	95	65.9	76	MM	L
Yakob E et al. [30]	2015	CS	HCWs	Hospital	Census	SNNP	135	93.8		45.2	E or M	L
Mengesha and Yirsaw [32]	2014	CS	HCWs	Hospitals and health centers	Census	SNNP	162	73.3		70.4	E or M	L
Asmr Y et al. [32]	2019	CS	HCWs	Hospitals	Simple random	Addis Ababa	123	96.1		36.6	E, M or N	L
Gebremariam AA et al. [33]	2019	CS	HCWs	Hospital	Census	Amhara	332	100		81	MM	L
Desalegn Z et al. [34]	2015	CS	HCWs	Hospitals	Convenience	Addis Ababa	254	100		72.8	E or M	M
Jemaneh L [35]	2014	CS	HCWs	Hospital	Convenience	Addis Ababa	146	97.9	27.9		NR	M
Desta B [36]	2017	CS	HCWs	Hospital	Convenience	Addis Ababa	142	90.4		57	E, M or N	M
Tesfay and Habtewold [37]	2014	CS	HCWs	Hospitals and health centers	Stratified sampling technique	Amhara	234	90.2	56.7		MM	L
Beyera and Beyen [21]	2014	CS	HCWs	Hospitals and health centers	Simple random	Amhara	401	95	40.4		MM	L
Yallew WW [38]	2017	CS	HCWs	Hospitals	Simple random	Amhara	413	97.8	56.7		E or M	L
Hebo HJ et al. [39]	2019	CS	HCWs	Hospital	Simple random	Oromia	230	95.8	43	60	E or M	L
Yasin J et al. [19]	2019	CS	HCWs	Hospital	Stratified sampling technique	Amhara	282	100	39	58.5	E or M	L
Alemayehu T et al. [18]	2016	CS	C	Hospitals and health centers	Multistage sampling	Harari	250	98.8	43.8		NR	L
Abeje and Azage [40]	2015	CS	HCWs	Hospitals and health centers	Simple random	Amhara	370	98.9		69.2	E or M	L
Sahiledengle B et al. [12]	2018	CS	HCWs	Hospitals and health centers	Stratified sampling technique	Addis Ababa	605	96.2	16.5	39.8	E or M	L
Tebeje and Hailu [41]	2010	CS	HCWs	Hospitals and health centers	Stratified sampling technique	Oromia	254	95.8		57.1	MM	L
Akalu GT et al. [42]	2016	CS	HCWs and C	Hospital	Convenience	Addis Ababa	313	100		57.2	E or M	M
Yimechew Z et al. [43]	2013	CS	HCWs and C	Hospital	Stratified sampling technique	Amhara	252	88.4	62.3	70.2	MM	L
Belachew YB et al. [17]	2017	CS	HCWs	Hospitals	Census	Oromia	318	93.3		62.6	MM	L
Damta M [44]	2007	CS	HCWs and C	Hospitals and health centers	Simple random	Amhara	351	93.4	20.2	45.8	MM	L
Atlaw WD [45]	2013	CS	HCWs	Hospital	Stratified sampling technique	Addis Ababa	290	87.3	33.5	66.5	E	L
Gebreselassie FT [46]	2009	CS	HCWs	Hospital	Simple random	Addis Ababa	104	98.1	67.3		E, M or MM	L
Abreha N [47]	2018	CS	HCWs	Hospital	Convenience	Addis Ababa	108	94.4		56.9	MM	M
Girmaye E et al. [48]	2018	CS	HCWs and C	Hospital	Systematic sampling	Addis Ababa	244	100	34.4		E, M or N	L
Shiferaw Y et al. [23]	2012	CS	C	Hospitals	Census	Addis Ababa	126	100	67.5		MM	L
Alemu B [49]	2014	CS	HCWs and C	Hospital	Convenience	Oromia	251	100		41	E or M	L

L low risk of bias, M moderate risk of bias, HCWs healthcare workers, C cleaners/waste handlers, CS cross-sectional study design, E splashing of blood or body fluids into the eyes, M splashing of blood or body fluids into the mouth, N splashing of blood or body fluids into the nose, MM splashing of blood or body fluids to any mucous membranes, NR not reported

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