Table 2. Subgroup meta-analysis, blood and body fluid exposure and percutaneous injury among health-care workers in Africa, 2000–2017.
| Subgroup | Blood and body fluid exposure |
Percutaneous injury |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pooled 12-month prevalence, % (95% CI) | No. studies included | Study heterogeneity, I2,% (P-value) | Pooled 12-month prevalence, % (95% CI) | No. studies included | Study heterogeneity, I2,% (P-value) | ||
| African region | |||||||
| Western | 47.9 (31.5–64.3) | 3 | 96.8 (< 0.001) | 36.0 (24.4–47.5) | 4 | 94.1 (< 0.001) | |
| Central | 51.7 (37.5–65.8) | 3 | 95.5 (< 0.001) | 55.0 (48.4–61.6) | 1 | N/A | |
| Eastern | 47.3 (36.7–57.9) | 14 | 98.7 (< 0.001) | 33.3 (28.5–38.0) | 18 | 94.0 (< 0.001) | |
| Southern | 33.9 (16.5–51.4) | 2 | 95.4 (< 0.001) | 16.4 (10.6–22.2) | 1 | N/A | |
| Northern | 60.7 (56.9–64.5) | 2 | 77.0 (0.037) | 47.9 (32.6–63.2) | 4 | 98.3 (< 0.001) | |
| Study period | |||||||
| 2000–2009 | 50.3 (29.2–71.4) | 5 | 99.7 (< 0.001) | 42.8 (32.7–52.8) | 7 | 97.0 (< 0.001) | |
| 2010–2017 | 47.3 (41.5–53.1) | 19 | 95.9 (< 0.001) | 33.7 (28.2–39.2) | 21 | 96.3 (< 0.001) | |
| Type of health-care facility | |||||||
| Hospital | 49.7 (42.8–56.6) | 14 | 97.0 (< 0.001) | 39.2 (31.6–46.9) | 17 | 97.6 (< 0.001) | |
| Mixeda | 47.8 (34.5–61.1) | 9 | 99.1 (< 0.001) | 31.5 (28.1–34.9) | 9 | 81.7 (< 0.001) | |
| Risk of bias | |||||||
| Low | 45.7 (36.7–54.6) | 19 | 98.9 (< 0.001) | 36.2 (30.5–41.8) | 24 | 97.0 (< 0.001) | |
| Moderate | 56.4 (47.8–65.0) | 5 | 94.5 (< 0.001) | 35.2 (29.6–40.9) | 4 | 73.3 (0.011) | |
BBF: blood and body fluid; CI: confidence interval; N/A: not applicable; PCI: percutaneous injury.
a Both hospitals and primary care facilities.