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Table 5 Bivariate association of behavioral attributes and job environment characteristics and sharps injury

From: Occupational exposure to sharps injury among healthcare providers in Ethiopia regional hospitals

Variables

n = 195

%

p-value

OR (95% CI)

Syringe with needle used free of charge from hospital

28

14.4

0.23

1.7 (0.73, 3.76)

No post-exposure management at the hospital

54

27.7

0.93

1.0 (0.53, 2.01)

No awareness on department to report sharps injury

59

30.3

0.38

1.3 (0.70, 2.53)

No privacy during counseling

61

31.3

0.33

1.4 (0.73, 2.59)

Lack of in-service job training

103

52.8

<0.001

6.0 (2.95, 12.03)

Previous exposure of needle recapping (self or others)

74

37.9

0.14

1.6 (0.68, 2.92)

Previous exposure to sharps injury (self or others)

64

32.8

<0.001

3.4 (1.82, 6.48)

Dirty and contaminated injection environment

10

5.1

0.24

2.1 (0.59, 7.66)

Unavailability of sharps materials collection box

39

20.0

0.94

1.0 (0.49, 2.17)

Status of sharp materials collection box

144

73.8

0.80

1.1 (0.55, 2.17)

Previous exposure to sharps materials outside the collection box

98

50.3

0.08

1.7 (0.94, 3.17)

Open dumping disposal of sharps materials

32

16.4

0.08

0.4 (0.11, 1.13)

Unavailability of universal precaution guideline

101

51.8

0.02

2.1 (1.14, 3.90)

Unavailability sharps collection box at distance of hand stretch

75

38.5

0.02

2.1 (1.11, 3.77)

  1. OR Odds ratio
  2. CI Confidence interval