Table 4.
Comparison of different tiers of public and private laboratories for personal protective devices
| Characteristics | Class of laboratory | Public laboratories |
Private laboratories |
OR | 95% CI | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N1 | No. with device (%) | N2 | No. with device (%) | |||||
| Biosafety cabinet | Tertiary | 4 | 4 (100.0) | 2 | 1 (50.0) | 9.000 | 0.233–362.81 | 0.333 |
| Secondary | 14 | 10 (71.4) | 22 | 1 (4.5) | 52.500 | 5.171–532.98 | <0.001 | |
| Primary | 13 | 0 (0.0) | 25 | 0 (0.0) | — | — | — | |
| Routine hand glove use | Tertiary | 4 | 4 (100.0) | 2 | 1 (50.0) | 9.000 | 0.233–362.81 | 0.333 |
| Secondary | 14 | 10 (71.4) | 22 | 3 (13.6) | 15.833 | 2.946–85.111 | 0.001 | |
| Primary | 13 | 4 (30.7) | 25 | 6 (24.0) | 1.407 | 0.316–6.267 | 0.709 | |
| First aid box | Tertiary | 4 | 2 (50.0) | 2 | 0 (0.0) | 5.000 | 0.149–166.73 | 0.467 |
| Secondary | 14 | 0 (0.0) | 22 | 0 (0.0) | — | — | — | |
| Primary | 13 | 0 (0.0) | 25 | 0 (0.0) | — | — | — | |
CI, confidence interval; N1, number of public laboratories; N2, number of private laboratories; OR, odds ratio.