Table 2.
Professional, practice and Hendra virus experience characteristics of 200a participants.
| Characteristics | Descriptive statistics: frequencies (relative frequencies) unless otherwise stated |
|---|---|
| Professional profile | |
| Work time commitment | |
| Full-time practicing | 179 (89.5%) |
| Part-time practicing | 16 (8%) |
| Other (locum, semi-retired) | 5 (2%) |
| Mean of number of hours worked per week (n = 195) | 47.33 h (SD = 12.86) (range 10–90 h) |
| Role in the practice (n = 197) | |
| Principal | 75 (38.1%) |
| Partner/associate | 20 (10.2%) |
| Employee | 102 (51.8%) |
| Frequency of veterinary services provided to horses (n = 199) | |
| Daily | 83 (41.7%) |
| Weekly | 71 (35.7%) |
| Monthly | 27 (13.6%) |
| Less often (yearly/occasionally or on call/after hours) | 18 (9%) |
| Type of premises visited | |
| Hobby farm (n = 199) | 164 (82.4%) |
| Farm (n = 199) | 155 (77.9%) |
| Pony club (n = 199) | 103 (51.8%) |
| Performances stables (n = 199) | 97 (48.7%) |
| Artificial insemination centre (n = 199) | 45 (22.6%) |
| Stud (n = 199) | 72 (36.2%) |
| Type of procedures regularly performed on horses | |
| Procedures in oro-nasal area (n = 194) | 139 (71.6%) |
| Procedures in uro-genital area (n = 194) | 112 (57.7%) |
| Necropsy (n = 194) | 34 (17.5%) |
| Wound management (n = 194) | 190 (97.9%) |
| Practice profile | |
| Practice type (n = 198) | |
| Large animals only | 34 (17.2%) |
| Mixed | 157 (79.3%) |
| Other (specialised clinics) | 7 (3.5%) |
| Available IC related equipment and facilities in the practice (n = 124) | |
| Hand washing station (n = 124) | 73 (58.9%) |
| Equipment washing station (n = 124) | 54 (43.5%) |
| Food/beverage exclusion zone (n = 124) | 34 (27.4%) |
| Fridges for food and drugs kept separately (n = 124) | 88 (71%) |
| Quarantine isolation stable (n = 124) | 43 (34.75%) |
| Biological waste disposal units (n = 124) | 63 (50.8%) |
| Sharp disposal units (n = 124) | 118 (95.2%) |
| Sterilisation station (n = 124) | 84 (67.7%) |
| Experience with Hendra virus management | |
| HeVbexperience (n = 197) | |
| Had dealt with a potential case of Hendra virus | 130 (66%) |
| Had not dealt with potential case of Hendra virus | 67 (34%) |
| HeVbeducation preparedness | |
| Had gone to an IC-HeVc workshop in previous 12 months | 77 (38.5%) |
| Had not gone to an IC-HeVc workshop in previous 12 months | 123 (61.5%) |
a
n = 200 unless otherwise stated.
b
HeV: Hendra virus.
c
IC-HeV: infection control-Hendra virus.