Table 2 Knowledge on transmission of hepatitis B (N = 3132)
Transmitted by: | Doctors (N = 297) | Nurses/Pharmacists/Lab Workers (N = 716) | Admin staff (N = 2119) | Total N = 3132) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Shaking of hands | ||||||||
Yes | 11 | 3.7 | 24 | 3.4 | 49 | 2.3 | 84 | 2.7 |
No | 286 | 96.3 | 692 | 96.6 | 2070 | 97.7 | 3048 | 97.3 |
Needle prick | ||||||||
Yes | 280 | 94.3 | 293 | 40.9 | 749 | 35.3 | 1322 | 42.2 |
No | 17 | 5.7 | 423 | 59.1 | 1370 | 64.7 | 1810 | 57.8 |
Blood transfusion | ||||||||
Yes | 284 | 95.6 | 614 | 85.8 | 1282 | 60.5 | 2180 | 69.6 |
No | 13 | 4.4 | 102 | 14.2 | 837 | 39.5 | 952 | 30.4 |
Heat | ||||||||
Yes | 12 | 4.0 | 57 | 8.0 | 140 | 6.6 | 209 | 6.7 |
No | 285 | 96.0 | 659 | 92.0 | 1979 | 93.4 | 2923 | 93.3 |
Sexual intercourse | ||||||||
Yes | 249 | 83.8 | 524 | 73.2 | 759 | 0.4 | 1532 | 48.9 |
No | 48 | 16.2 | 192 | 26.8 | 1360 | 99.6 | 1597 | 41.9 |
Drinking contaminated water | ||||||||
Yes | 49 | 16.5 | 105 | 14.7 | 232 | 10.9 | 386 | 12.3 |
No | 248 | 83.5 | 611 | 85.3 | 1887 | 89.1 | 2746 | 87.7 |
Contamination from surfaces | ||||||||
Yes | 81 | 27.3 | 89 | 12.4 | 402 | 18.9 | 572 | 18.3 |
No | 216 | 72.7 | 627 | 87.6 | 1717 | 81.1 | 2560 | 81.7 |
Sharing of sharp objects | ||||||||
Yes | 258 | 86.9 | 204 | 28.5 | 1027 | 48.5 | 1489 | 47.5 |
No | 39 | 13.1 | 512 | 71.5 | 1092 | 51.5 | 1643 | 52.5 |
Don’t know | ||||||||
Yes | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.6 | 486 | 22.9 | 512 | 16.3 |
No | 297 | 100 | 690 | 96.4 | 1633 | 77.1 | 2620 | 83.7 |