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Table 1 Characteristics of the health care workers with occupational exposure

From: Occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens among healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study of a registry in Colombia

Sociodemographic characteristics

Mean ± SD

Median, IQR

Age (y)

29.5 ± 9.2

27, 28.8–48.3

 

%(n/N)

Female

82.4 (1980/2403)

Urban area

69.8 (1677/2402)

Occupation

%(n/N)

Nursing

47.5 (1141/2403)

Physician

13.9 (334/2403)

Student

13.1 (315/2403)

Cleaning personnel

9.6 (230/2403)

Odontology

7.3 (175/2403)

Bacteriology

4.9 (118/2403)

Surgical instrumentation

2.6 (62/2403)

Respiratory therapy

1.1 (27/2403)

Contact Mechanism

%(n/N)

Hollow needle

53.0 (1272/2403)

Unspecified needle

22.8 (548/2403)

Blunt needle

10.7 (256/2403)

Mucocutaneous splash

7.9 (190/2403)

Lancet puncture

4.1 (99/2403)

Scalpel injury

1.3 (31/2403)

Contaminated glass injury

0.2 (5/2403)

Exposure Classification

%(n/N)

Mild

2.7 (67/2403)

Moderate

74.8 (1798/2403)

Severe

21.9 (527/2403)

Follow up

%(n/N)

Medical follow-up

33.1 (796/2403)

Infectious diseases specialist assessment

30.3 (728/2403)

Prophylactic medication

21.5 (517/2403)

  1. IQR interquartile range, SD standard deviation, y years