Table 1.

Environmental Factors Affecting Needlestick and Sharp Injuries Among Midwives and Nurses Working at Hospitals Found in North Wollo Zone, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2019

Question		Frequency	Percent
Participate training on occupational safety	Yes	85	57.8
	No	62	42.2
Participate training on universal precaution	Yes	64	43.5
	No	83	56.5
Information access to safety standard	Yes	126	85.7
	No	21	14.3
Practice professional universal precaution	Yes	95	64.6
	52	35.4
Recap of needle	Yes	83	56.5
	No	64	43.5
If yes their recapping practice	Sometimes	32	25.9
	Little time recap	20	15.0
	Always recap	31	21.1
Availability of safety box in working room	Yes	141	95.9
	No	6	4.1
Presence of needles and sharp materials out of safety boxes	Yes	32	21.8
	No	115	78.2
Condition of safety box	Overfilled	59	40.12
	Turnout	37	25.18
	Empty	51	34.70
Waste disposal methods	Burn and Barry	29	19.7
	Incinerator	104	70.7
	Open dumping	14	9.5