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Table 2 Work related and behavioral characteristics of participants

From: Prevalence of needle-stick and sharp object injuries and its associated factors among staff nurses in Dessie referral hospital Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2018

Variables

Frequency (n = 151)

Percent (%)

Working department

 Emergency

49

32

 Pediatric word

10

6.5

 Adult ward

28

18.5

 OPD, ICU, orthopedic and others

65

43

Job satisfaction

 No

47

31

 Yes

104

69

Number of injection per day

 5–10

7

4.5

 10–15

12

8

 15–20

37

24.5

 > 20

95

63

Presence of Infection prevention committee

 No

32

21.0

 Yes

119

79.0

Vaccination of HBV

 No

70

46.3

 Yes

81

53.7

  1. OPD outpatient department; ICU intensive care unit