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Table 5 Employees’ knowledge of protective measures by modes of transmission

From: What do healthcare workers in elderly care know about occupational health and safety? An explorative survey

 

Mode of transmissiona

Contact/smear infection (faecal/oral)

Droplet infection (aerogenous)

Blood (haemato-genous)

Total

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N

Hand disinfection

121 (100.0)

75 (62.0)

69 (57.0)

121

Protective vaccination

39 (34.2)

89 (78.1)

81 (71.1)

114

Mouth and nose cover

58 (47.9)

115 (95.0)

17 (14.0)

122

Single room

92 (83.6)

86 (78.2)

27 (24.5)

110

Disposable glove

119 (96.7)

94 (76.4)

113 (91.9)

123

Protective goggles

37 (39.4)

84 (89.4)

26 (27.7)

94

Disposable materials

113 (93.4)

97 (81.8)

99 (80.2)

121

Protective gown

110 (94.0)

88 (75.2)

71 (60.7)

117

Surface disinfection

119 (97.5)

105 (86.1)

101 (82.8)

122

  1. aMultiple answers possible, correct answers are bold