Table 3.
Frequency of the study participants among safety practice-related variables at Gondar University referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018
| Variables | Response | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Always n (%) | Sometimes n (%) | Not at all n (%) | |
| Use safety guideline/manual at the workplace | 67 (23.8) | 143 (50.7) | 72 (25.5) |
| Wear gloves during risky procedures | 280 (88.7) | 32 (11.3) | 0 |
| Wash hands with detergent after contact with patients | 155 (55) | 122 (43.3) | 5 (1.8) |
| Use of PPE during professional practice | 149 (52.8) | 122 (44.3) | 8 (2.8) |
| Clean working environment at the end of the working time | 138 (48.9) | 130 (46.1) | 14 (5) |
| Monitor working environment waste management system | 116 (41.1) | 135 (47.9) | 13 (4.6) |
| Changing gloves between patients | 182 (64.5) | 89 (31.6) | 11 (3.9) |
| Wash hands after removal of gloves | 146 (51.8) | 131 (46.5) | 5 (1.8) |
| Recap used needles before disposal | 101 (35.8) | 54 (19.8) | 127 (45) |
| Treat infectious wastes with appropriate disinfectants | 180 (63.8) | 73 (25.9) | 29 (10.3) |
PPE personal protective equipment