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Table 1 Representativeness of the study population compared to the population of the hospital

From: Accidental exposures to blood and body fluids among health care workers in a Referral Hospital of Cameroon

 

Population of the UTHY

Study population

p valuea

Number

Proportion (%)

Number

Proportion (%)

Services

 Intensive care units

44

13.54

32

21.33

0.0341

 Surgery

34

10.46

23

15.33

0.1486

 Emergency

23

7.08

12

8.00

0.8124

 Pediatry

47

14.46

24

16.00

0.7744

 Laboratory

54

16.61

19

12.67

0.3355

 Gynecology

36

11.08

15

10.00

0.8163

 Medicine

30

9.23

08

5.33

0.1977

 Outpatient department

57

17.54

17

11.33

0.1480

Occupational category

 Physicians

62

19.08

29

19.33

0.9895

 Nurses

98

30.15

59

39.33

0.0955

 Nurses assistants

63

19.38

21

14.00

0.2245

 Nurse-aids

75

23.08

29

19.33

0.4435

 Laboratory technicians

27

8.31

12

8.00

0.9760

 Total

325

100

150

100

 
  1. aAs determined by the Chi square