Table 6.
Prevalence of occupational eye injury and infection and eye protection status in a 6-month period (n = 233)
| Incident | Type of care | n (%) | Eye protection [n (%) per event] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not worn | Not adequate | Adequate | |||
| Eye injuries | Care by ophthalmologist | 9 (3.9) | 5 (55.6) | 3 (33.3) | 1 (11.1) |
| Emergency department care | 2 (0.8) | 2 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Self-treatment | 22 (9.4) | 14 (57.7) | 5 (26.9) | 3 (12.2) | |
| Total | 33 (14.2) | 21 (63.6) | 8 (24.2) | 4 (12.1) | |
| Eye infections | <1 week of treatment | 14 (6.0) | 8 (57.1) | 2 (14.3) | 4 (28.6) |
| 1–4 weeks of treatment | 4 (1.8) | 2 (50.0) | 2 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| >4 weeks of treatment | 4 (1.8) | 2 (50.0) | 2 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Total | 22 (9.4) | 12 (54.4) | 6 (27.3) | 4 (18.2) | |