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Table 4 Incidence of occupational infection among participants

From: Occupational infection and needle stick injury among clinical laboratory workers in Al-Madinah city, Saudi Arabia

Variable

Category

Yes

No

Odd ratio

95% confidence interval

P. value

Age

18ā€“30

47 (60.2%)

88 (56.4%)

ā€“

ā€“

Ā 

31ā€“40

23 (29.5%)

47 (30.1%)

0.933

0.50ā€“1.74

0.828

> 40

8 (10.3%)

21 (13.5%)

0.666

0.27ā€“1.62

Ā 

Gender

Male

47 (60.2%)

100 (64.1%)

ā€“

ā€“

Ā 

Female

31 (39.7%)

56 (35.9%)

1.185

0.66ā€“2.09

0.560

Social status

Married

43 (55.1%)

87 (55.8%)

ā€“

ā€“

Ā 

Single

29 (37.2%)

67 (42.9%)

0.876

0.49ā€“1.55

0.652

Divorced/widowed

6 (7.7%)

2 (1.3%)

7.12

0.84ā€“59.86

0.070

Place of work

Governmental clinics

43 (55.1%)

89 (57.1%)

ā€“

ā€“

Ā 

Private clinics

35 (44.9%)

67 (42.9%)

1.084

0.620ā€“1.895

0.775

Academic degree

College degree

17 (21.8%)

13 (8.3%)

ā€“

ā€“

Ā 

Bachelor degree

50 (64.1%)

117 (75.0%)

0.310

0.12ā€“0.74

0.009

Graduate degree

11 (14.1%)

26 (16.7%)

0.318

0.10ā€“0.93

0.037

Academic Field

Laboratory Sciences

56 (71.8%)

118 (75.6%)

ā€“

ā€“

Ā 

Applied Biology

12 (15.4%)

13 (8.3%)

1.97

0.79ā€“4.94

0.144

Health Science

4 (5.1%)

15 (9.6%)

0.527

0.17ā€“1.61

0.264

Others

6 (7.7%)

10 (6.4%)

1.206

0.41ā€“3.49

0.729

Assigned work

Clinical chemistry

29 (37.2%)

42 (26.9%)

ā€“

ā€“

Ā 

Hematology

28 (35.9%)

71 (45.5%)

0.571

0.29ā€“1.10

0.096

Histology/pathology

8 (10.3%)

19 (12.2%)

0.608

0.22ā€“1.61

0.317

Microbiology/ Immunology

13 (16.7%)

24 (15.4%)

0.827

0.35ā€“1.94

0.662

Years of experience

ā‰¤ 3

33 (42.3%)

58 (37.2%)

ā€“

ā€“

Ā 

4ā€“6

18 (23.1%)

46 (29.5%)

0.675

0.33ā€“1.36

0.272

7ā€“10

15 (19.2%)

35 (22.4%)

0.760

0.35ā€“1.62

0.478

> 10

11 (14.1%)

17 (10.9%)

1.23

0.48ā€“3.10

0.656

Position

Residency

19 (24.4%)

31 (19.9%)

ā€“

ā€“

Ā 

Technician

47 (60.3%)

94 (60.3%)

1.400

0.57ā€“3.39

0.457

Lab director

5 (6.4%)

13 (8.3%)

0.750

0.24ā€“2.29

0.613

Consultant

7 (9.0%)

18 (11.5%)

0.751

0.29ā€“1.91

0.546

Training on Biosafety

Yes

42 (53.8%)

110 (70.5%)

ā€“

ā€“

Ā 

No

36 (46.2%)

46 (29.5%)

2.085

1.16ā€“3.74

0.013