Potentially infected blood and body fluids

Work experience (yrs)

Total

<5 5-10 >10
(n=51) (n=144) (n=66)
Freq % Freq % Freq %

(n=261)

Freq %

All patients

30 58.8 48 33 50 72

162 62.1

Only those diagnosed as infectious

6 11.8 51 35.4 11 16.6

67 25.7

Those suspected

7 13.7 20 13.8 5 7.6

32 12.2

Table 4: Respondents’ knowledge about potentially infectious blood and body fluids by duration of work experience (n =261).