Table 2 Compliance with bloodborne pathogen prevention according to subject characteristics (N = 284)
| Variables | Categories | Compliance of bloodborne pathogen prevention | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M ± SD | t/F | p | ||
| Sex | Female | 3.40 ± 0.40 | 0.49 | 0.631 |
| Male | 3.27 ± 0.75 | |||
| Age group | < 30 | 3.41 ± 0.42 | −2.04 | 0.042 |
| ≥30 | 3.53 ± 0.42 | |||
| Education level | Diploma | 3.44 ± 0.45 | 0.75 | 0.474 |
| Bachelor’s | 3.38 ± 0.39 | |||
| >Master’s | 3.34 ± 0.52 | |||
| Position | Staff nurse | 3.43 ± 0.43 | 3.89 |
0.021 a<c* |
| Charge nurse | 3.47 ± 0.42 | |||
| <Head nurse | 3.70 ± 0.34 | |||
| Work experience | ≤5 | 3.42 ± 0.42 | −1.21 | 0.227 |
| > 5 | 3.49 ± 0.42 | |||
| Current unit employed | ≤5 | 3.44 ± 0.42 | −0.48 | 0.627 |
| > 5 | 3.47 ± 0.44 | |||
| Work unit | Medicine | 3.41 ± 0.37 | 0.60 | 0.729 |
| Surgery | 3.34 ± 0.44 | |||
| Intensive care unit | 3.46 ± 0.40 | |||
| Emergency | 3.33 ± 0.40 | |||
| Operating room | 3.42 ± 0.50 | |||
| Women | 3.52 ± 0.29 | |||
| Others | 3.39 ± 0.41 | |||
| Experienced NSSI for last 1 year | Yes | 3.33 ± 0.49 | −2.29 | 0.024 |
| No | 3.48 ± 0.39 | |||
| Type of devices causing NSSI | Disposable syringe | 3.33 ± 0.50 | 0.14 | 0.868 |
| Blood glucose lancet | 3.31 ± 0.38 | |||
| Other sharp device | 3.25 ± 0.61 | |||
| Procedures causing NSSI | Inserting a needle | 3.43 ± 0.44 | 1.14 | 0.347 |
| Disposing of a needle | 3.57 ± 0.66 | |||
| Recapping a needle | 3.19 ± 0.67 | |||
| Disassembling needle or sharp instrument | 3.20 ± 0.38 | |||
| Others | 3.31 ± 0.41 | |||
| Blood and body fluid exposure experience of mucous membrane | Yes | 3.47 ± 0.51 | 1.05 | 0.293 |
| No | 3.38 ± 0.40 | |||
| Blood and body fluid exposure experience of skin (1 year) | Yes | 3.34 ± 0.40 | −0.77 | 0.445 |
| No | 3.40 ± 0.41 | |||
| Report infection exposure | Yes | 3.29 ± 0.35 | −1.42 | 0.157 |
| No | 3.40 ± 0.42 | |||
| Vaccination of hepatitis B | Yes | 3.40 ± 0.40 | 0.17 | 0.848 |
| No | 3.37 ± 0.42 | |||
| Do not know | 3.36 ± 0.53 | |||
| Number of patient safety case reports | 0 | 3.38 ± 0.42 | 1.16 | 0.314 |
| 1∼5 | 3.41 ± 0.40 | |||
| 6≤ | 3.18 ± 0.43 | |||
| Education experience for bloodborne pathogen prevention | Yes | 3.40 ± 0.41 | 0.98 | 0.327 |
| No | 3.32 ± 0.43 | |||
| Educational institution for bloodborne pathogen prevention | College | 3.20 ± 0.44 | 1.74 | 0.160 |
| Hospital | 3.41 ± 0.42 | |||
| Both | 3.41 ± 0.39 | |||
| Others | 3.37 ± 0.25 | |||