Research Article

Assessment of Prevalence and Determinants of Occupational Exposure to HIV Infection among Healthcare Workers in Selected Health Institutions in Debre Berhan Town, North Shoa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2014

Table 3

Association of variables with risky occupational exposure to needle stick injury, glove breakage, and contact potentially infectious blood and other body fluids.

VariablesExposedNonexposedOdds ratio

Working hour/w.k.>40108121.2
≤408011

Total work experience (year) ≤105251.4
>1013718

Training about infection preventionYes82120.78
No10512

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)Yes175271.6
No72

SexF4530.3
M541