Table 2.
Demographic and workplace items versus NSI exposure rate
| Any NSI | Contaminated NSI | |||
| Numbers (per 100 person-years) | P valuea | Numbers (per 100 person-years) | P valuea | |
| Hours per week | ||||
| <20 | (55.6) | P < 0.01 | (44.4) | P < 0.05 |
| 20-30 | (74.5) | (50.9) | ||
| 31-50 | (80.1) | (62.2) | ||
| >50 | (75.8) | (61.6) | ||
| Patients per week | ||||
| <20 | (50.0) | P < 0.001 | (35.6) | P < 0.001 |
| 20-30 | (82.0) | (59.6) | ||
| 31-50 | (83.2) | (68.8) | ||
| >50 | (86.6) | (68.3) | ||
| Years as veterinarian | ||||
| <5 | (89.9) | P < 0.001* | (70.8) | V |
| 5-10 | (80.2) | (65.9) | ||
| 11-20 | (79.9) | (64.9) | ||
| >20 | (66.9) | (50.0) | ||
| Type of Practiceb | ||||
| Small animal | (83.6) | P < 0.001 | (63.4) | P < 0.05 |
| Large animal | (58.3) | P < 0.01* | (37.5) | P < 0.01* |
| Mixed animal | (86.6) | P < 0.001 | (75.6) | P < 0.001 |
| Specialist | (70.6) | P = 0.420 | (51.0) | P = 0.233 |
| Non-clinical | (37.5) | P < 0.001* | (25.0) | P < 0.001* |
| University | (41.2) | P < 0.001* | (26.5) | P < 0.001* |
| Other | (31.0) | P < 0.001* | (17.2) | P < 0.001* |
a Chi square for trend;
bPercentages for type of practice are percentages of veterinarians reporting an NSI or contaminated NSI within these categories.
* Significantly lower reported prevalence of NSI or contaminated NSI during the previous 12 months