Table 6 Employees’ knowledge of infectious diseases and/or pathogens and their paths of infection, and employees’ knowledge of protective measures by mode of transmission, classified and analysed
Knowledge of pathogens** | Geriatric HCWs (qualified) | Medical HCWs (qualified) | Care assistants | Social service, supervisors, trainees, community service | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
Good | 12 (25.0) | 9 (42.9) | 6 (17.1) | 3 (10.7) | 30 (22.7) |
Satisfactory | 17 (35.4) | 7 (33.3) | 11 (31.4) | 9 (32.1) | 44 (33.3) |
Adequate | 14 (29.2) | 5 (23.8) | 7 (20.0) | 12 (42.9) | 38 (28.8) |
Inadequate | 5 (10.4) | 0 (−−) | 11 (31.4) | 4 (14.3) | 20 (15.2) |
Protective measures | |||||
Good | 16 (33.3) | 10 (47.6) | 9 (25.7) | 7 (25.0) | 42 (31.8) |
Satisfactory | 15 (31.3) | 6 (28.6) | 14 (40.0) | 8 (28.6) | 43 (32.6) |
Adequate | 8 (16.7) | 2 (9.5) | 2 (5.7) | 6 (21.4) | 18 (13.6) |
Inadequate | 9 (18.8) | 3 (14.3) | 10 (28.6) | 7 (25.0) | 29 (22.0) |
Total | 48 (100.0) | 21 (100.0) | 35 (100.0) | 28 (100.0) | 132 (100.0) |