Table 2.
Frequency of study participants among each Likert type of variables at Gondar University referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018
| Variables | Response | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Agree n (%) | Disagree n (%) | Neutral n (%) | |
| Occupational safety training is important for health professionals | 274 (97.2) | 6 (2.1) | 2 (0.7) |
| Healthcare environments can expose HCPs to a health hazard | 260 (92.2) | 15 (5.3) | 7 (2.5) |
| HCPs workplace related risk exposure is a major crisis | 213 (75.5) | 42 (14.9) | 27 (9.6) |
| Workplace risk assessment is important for occupational safety | 279 (98.9) | 2 (0.7) | 1 (0.4) |
| Sharp materials should be discarded in a safety box | 278 (98.6) | 3 (1.1) | 1 (0.4) |
| Needles should be recapped before disposal | 103 (36.5) | 167 (59.2) | 12 (4.3) |
| Wearing PPE during the healthcare delivery process is mandatory | 251 (89) | 23 (8.2) | 8 (2.8) |
| Vaccination of healthcare workers is necessary | 263 (93.3) | 17 (6.0) | 2 (0.7) |
| HBV can be transmitted through biomedical wastes | 248 (93.3) | 17 (6.0) | 2 (0.7) |