Table 3.

Assessment of knowledge of barbers towards sterilization and disinfection as well as their awareness in the transmission of HIV in their work place of male barbershops of Gondar and Bahir Dar cities, 2010

Variables	Frequency N (%)	Likert scaling
True about sterilization
Simply clean the surface of sharp object	31(25.2)
Reducing microbial load on the surface of the object	13(10.6)
Complete destruction of all form of microbes from an object	59(48.0)	Poor knowledge
All	18(14.6)
No answer	1(0.8)
Do you know sterilization is important in your work place
Yes	111(94.1)	Good knowledge
No	7(5.9)
Do you know methods of sterilization?
Yes	119(98.3)	Good knowledge
No	2(1.6)
Which methods of sterilization do you know
Direct flame	100(92.6)
Hot air oven	3(2.8)
Boiling	4(3.7)
Autoclave	1(0.9)
Do you think disinfection is sterilization
Yes	36(30.0)
No	84(70.0)	Poor knowledge
Disinfection is as effective as sterilization
Yes	65(67.0)	Poor knowledge
No	32(33.0)
If you think disinfection is not sterilization what are their difference.
No difference	48(39.3)
Sterilization kill but not disinfectant	38(31.1)	Poor knowledge
Direct flame is better than sterilization	29(23.8)
Sterilization reduce microbial load but not disinfectant	3(2.5)
Sterilization gives partial protection	3(2.5)
No knowledge	1(0.8)
Do you know any diseases that are caused by using unsterilized sharp equipment?
Yes	120(100)	Good knowledge
No	0(0)
Mention types of diseases, which could be transmitted by non sterilized sharp equipment's?
HIV/skin infections/fungus/dandruff, boil and others	96(78.0)	Poor knowledge
Skin infections / fungus and others but not mentioning HIV	27(22.0)
Scored level of Knowledge (Maximum of ten points)
Poor (1-3 points))	5(4.1)
Fair (4-5 points)	43(35.0)
Good (6-7 points)	52(42.3)	Good knowledge
Excellent (8-10 points)	23(18.7)