Table 3.

Students’ knowledge of infection control and standard precautions at each college.

Domain	Medicine	Dentistry	Applied Medical Sciences	Nursing	Pharmacy
General concept of standard precautions	79.2 ± 19	84.4 ± 10	85.8 ± 13	85.7 ± 9	80 ± 1
Hand hygiene	70 ± 12	56.6 ± 19	67.6 ± 9	72.8 ± 10	70 ± 24
Personal protective equipment	64.8 ± 21	67.9 ± 21	65.3 ± 13	73.8 ± 9	66 ± 20
Disposal of and injuries from sharp objects	56.2 ± 21	51.2 ± 18	57.5 ± 16	52.3 ± 19	37.7 ± 21
Health-care providers’ care	56.8 ± 20	42.3 ± 21	46.3 ± 22	62 ± 21	32 ± 20
Total	64.4 ± 12	58.5 ± 12	62.9 ± 7	68 ± 8	56 ± 13