Table 3.
Effect of PPE on sero-positivity in different professional categories.
| Staff Category (n) | Type 1 PPE |
Type 2 PPE |
Type 3 PPE |
p value |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (%) | Seropositive (%) | Total (%) | Seropositive (%) | Total (%) | Seropositive (%) | ||
| Adminstrative Staff (83) | 51 (61.5) | 8 (15.7) | 28 (33.7) | 5 (17.9) | 4 (4.8) | 1 (25) | 0.879 |
| Ward boys (68) | 37 (54.5) | 13 (35.1) | 13 (19.1) | 5 (38.5) | 18 (26.5) | 10 (55.6) | 0.344 |
| Doctor (240) | 68 (28.3) | 2 (2.9) | 82 (34.2) | 4 (4.9) | 90 (37.5) | 10 (11.1) | 0.091 |
| Nurse (297) | 24 (8.1) | 3 (12.5) | 110 (37) | 18 (16.4) | 163 (54.9) | 32 (19.6) | 0.61 |
| Sanitary workers (203) | 116 (57.2) | 61 (52.6) | 23 (11.3) | 15 (65.2) | 64 (31.5) | 36 (56.2) | 0.527 |
| Security (53) | 22 (41.5) | 10 (45.5) | 31 (58.5) | 22 (71) | 0 | NA | 0.061 |
| Technical Staff (89) | 20 (22.5) | 1 (5) | 50 (56.2) | 10 (20) | 19 (21.3) | 1 (5.3) | 0.125 |