Table 1.
Characteristics of the HCWs with injuries (n=335)
| Age (mean±sd) | 41.3±12.0 |
| Gender | |
| Female | 243 (73%) |
| Male | 92 (27%) |
| Job category | |
| Physician | 64 (19%) |
| Nurse | 144 (43%) |
| Nursing student | 65 (20%) |
| Healthcare assistants (HCAs) | 38 (11%) |
| Other professions | 24 (7%) |
| Years of practice (mean±sd) | 11.19±9.7 |
| Department | |
| Surgery | 106 (32%) |
| Medicine | 87 (26%) |
| Emergency | 90 (27%) |
| Operating room | 9 (3%) |
| Others | 41 (12%) |
| Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST)* | 21.9±6.8 |
| Normal § | 323 (96%) |
| Abnormal | 11 (4%) |
| Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)* | 25,2±11,3 |
| Normal §§ | 326 (97%) |
| Abnormal | 8 (3%) |
| Vaccination for HBV | 316 (94%) |
| Protective title use for HBV (yes) | 290 (87%) |
| Anti HBs positive (>10 UI/L) | 288 (86%) |
| Seroconversion | |
| HCV | 0% |
| HIV | 0% |
* Totals differ from 335 due to missing data
§ Normal range: 15-46 U/L ; §§ Normal range: 7-56 U/L
HBV: Hepatitis C Virus; Anti HBs: anti-Hepatitis B surface; HCV: Hepatitis C Virus; HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus