Table 2 Circumstances leading to occupational blood exposures of healthcare workers during 2011–2015 (n = 1076)
Variables | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Direct patient care | 482 (44.8) |
Invasive procedures | 115 (23.9) |
Blood sampling | 111 (23.0) |
Operation | 94 (19.5) |
Intravenous administration of medicine | 67 (13.9) |
Blood sugar test | 40 (8.3) |
Inserting or removing needle | 31 (6.4) |
Others | 24 (5.0) |
Organizing materials after procedure | 298 (27.7) |
Disposal of device or needle | 148 (49.7) |
Manual withdrawing of a needle from syringe | 52 (17.4) |
Recapping a used needle | 42 (14.1) |
Transportation of devices after procedure | 33 (11.1) |
Others | 23 (7.7) |
Disposing garbage and others | 175 (16.3) |
Organizing medical waste box | 89 (50.9) |
Cleaning the hospital beds or instruments | 36 (20.6) |
Organizing needle box | 24 (13.7) |
Organizing non-medical waste box | 17 (9.7) |
Others | 9 (5.1) |
Handling clinical specimens | 76 (7.1) |
Putting the specimen into the specimen bottle | 65 (85.5) |
Transporting the specimens | 10 (13.2) |
Others | 1 (1.3) |
Preparing procedure or sorting out materials | 32 (3.0) |
Others | 13 (1.2) |