Table 2. Percent of nurses who always use selected items of PPE when performing the indicated procedure, by procedure, level of safety climate, and whether the nurse has to rush during home visits, North Carolina, 2006.

Procedure and safety climate	Has to rush				Does not have to rush
	n	%	95% CI*		n	%	95% CI*
Use safety goggles when irrigating a deep wound
Strong safety climate	84	37.5	32.8–42.2		148	50.7	46.4–54.9
Weak safety climate	8	11.1	5.7–16.5		7	25.9	13.7–38.2
Use fluid-impermeable apron when providing ostomy care
Strong safety climate	46	18.5	15.0–22.1		75	23.8	20.3–27.3
Weak safety climate	4	5.5			4	14.3
Use surgical mask with eye protection when cleaning up large amounts of bloody diarrhea/bloody body fluid
Strong safety climate	64	39.0	33.5–44.6		112	52.8	47.8–57.8
Weak safety climate	12	22.6	14.3–31.0		4	23.5

CI: confidence interval, PPE: personal protective equipment. Ratios were not calculated because of small numbers in several cells. *In order to be consistent with previous publications and to facilitate comparisons with them, these confidence intervals have been corrected for the finite population (i.e., all eligible nurses in North Carolina).