Variable | Effective | Percentage data |
Antecedent of exposure accidents to blood (n = 384) |
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Present | 312 | 81.3 |
Absent | 72 | 18.7 |
Nature of the exposure accidents to blood (n = 312) |
|
|
Needle sting | 242 | 77.6 |
Cutting a knife blade | 41 | 13.1 |
Projection of blood or biological fluid contaminated with blood | 29 | 9.3 |
Nature of the sting or cut (n = 283) |
|
|
Superficial | 256 | 90.4 |
Deep | 27 | 9.6 |
Post-exposure prophylaxis (n = 312) |
|
|
Antiretroviral | 37 | 11.9 |
Nothing | 275 | 88.1 |
Circumstances of occurrence of exposure accidents to blood (n = 312) |
|
|
When recapping needles | 191 | 61.3 |
More work / less staff | 66 | 21.1 |
Inexperienced health professional | 9 | 2.3 |
When disposing of medical waste | 17 | 5.4 |
In some very difficult care situations | 29 | 9.3 |
Task in progress at exposure accidents to blood (n = 312) |
|
|
Injection | 122 | 39.1 |
Drip | 19 | 6 |
Transfusion | 34 | 10.9 |
Blood sample | 19 | 6 |
Delivery | 37 | 11.9 |
Surgery | 64 | 20.5 |
Maintenance of premises and leaching | 17 | 5.4 |