Contact among healthcare workers in the hospital setting: developing the evidence base for innovative approaches to infection control

Table 1 Classification of aggregate categories based on self-reported occupations

	Self-reported Occupation	Category
1	Central Supply Technician	Admin/Support
2	Housekeeping
3	Receptionist
4	Service Assistant
5	Volunteer
6	Ward Clerk
7	Nurse	Nurse
8	Nursing Student	Nurse
9	Staff Physician	Physician
10	Postgraduate Medical Trainee
11	Medical trainee
12	Medical Imaging Technologist	oHCW
13	Patient Attendants/Sitters
14	Pharmacist
15	Physiotherapist/Occupational Therapist
16	Respiratory Therapist
17	Social Worker
18	Other^a
19	Other Student Discipline^a

^aRespondents were assigned to one of the four above categories based on their description in the free-text field provided

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