Objective Frequency Percentage Protection of health workers and patients from infection 87 33.3 Protection of health workers alone From getting infection from patient 162 62.1 Protecting health workers while handling Infectious agent alone 42 9.1 Knowledge of HBV 231 88.5 Vaccinated against HBV 51 19.5 Agreed that all patients were potential infectious irrespective of their diagnostic status 84 32.2 Believed that only those diagnosed were infec­tious 165 63.2 Believed that those suspected of 12 4.6

Table 3: Aim of standard precautions, Knowledge about Infection and HBV Vaccination Status.