Table 1 Basic situation of occupational exposure of medical personnel [n (%)].

From: Sharp injuries to blood-borne pathogens among healthcare workers and influencing factors in a tertiary specialist hospital (2019–2022): a retrospective study

Variable

In totala

Sharp injury

Non-sharp injury

P valueb

 

151

115

36

 

Age

28.7 ± 7.46

28.30 ± 7.52

29.97 ± 7.19

< 0.01**

Sex

 Man

11 (7.28)

9

2

1.00

 Woman

140 (92.72)

106

34

Years of service

 ≤ 1

60 (39.74)

51

9

0.04*

 2–5

40 (26.49)

25

15

 > 5

51 (33.77)

39

12

Occupational category

 Clinician

45 (29.80)

33

12

0.52

 Nurse

85 (56.29)

64

21

 Others

21 (13.91)

18

3

Exposure ___location

 Sickroom

89 (58.94)

71

18

0.52

 Outside the sickroom

15 (9.93)

11

4

 Operating rooms

14 (9.28)

9

5

 Other locations

33 (21.85)

24

9

Exposure department

 Internal medicine department

33 (21.85)

27

6

0.59

 Surgical department

29 (19.21)

23

6

 Technical departments

14 (9.27)

9

5

 Other departments

75 (49.67)

56

19

Year of exposure

 2019

40 (26.49)

28

12

0.02*

 2020

32 (21.19)

19

13

 2021

36 (23.84)

32

4

 2022

43 (23.38)

36

7

  1. aQuantitative data (e.g., age) indicate mean ± standard deviation, and qualitative data (e.g., gender, length of service, etc.) indicate number and composition ratio.
  2. b*indicates P < 0.05, **indicates P < 0.01.