Table 1. Occupational and Employer Characteristics of Respondents.
Respondent Characteristicsa | % |
---|---|
Occupationb | (n=3,949) |
Nurse | 41 |
Technologist/Technician | 23 |
Dentist/Dental professional | 20 |
Respiratory Therapist | 13 |
Physician | 1 |
Pharmacist/Pharmacy professional | 1 |
Other healthcare professional | 2 |
Years in current occupation | (n=3,933) |
<1 | 4 |
1–5 | 16 |
6–10 | 15 |
11–20 | 25 |
21–30 | 23 |
>30 | 17 |
Years using HLDs | (n=4,559) |
<1 | 8 |
1–5 | 19 |
6–10 | 17 |
11–20 | 24 |
>20 | 32 |
Employer type | (n=3,948) |
Hospital | 62 |
Dentist office | 17 |
Outpatient care | 11 |
Physician office | 2 |
Offices of other healthcare facilities | 2 |
Nursing/Residential care | 2 |
Social assistance/Services | 1 |
Other | 3 |
Employer ownership type | (n=3,932) |
For Profit | 44 |
Non-profit | 43 |
City, county, district, state government | 9 |
Federal government | 3 |
Other | 1 |
Size of employer (# of employees)b | (n=3,935) |
1 | 1 |
2–9 | 19 |
10–99 | 22 |
100–249 | 9 |
250–1,000 | 22 |
>1,000 | 28 |
Employer location by population density | (n=3,935) |
Large city (>50,000 people) | 51 |
Small city (<50,000 people) | 24 |
Suburbs (areas adjacent to cities) | 14 |
Rural | 11 |
Employer geographic regionb,c | (n=3,848) |
Northeast | 20 |
South | 33 |
Midwest | 27 |
West | 21 |
note. HLDs, high-level disinfectants.
Number of respondents varied for individual items (eg, number of eligible respondents less number who elected not to answer).
Percentages do not total 100 due to rounding.
Northeast (CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT); South (AL, AR, DE, DC, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, VA, WV); Midwest (IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI); West (AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY).