Table 2

Basic characteristics of health care workers in study of knowledge about blood born pathogens at first level health facilities in Sindh province of Pakistan 2004

Characteristics
n
%

Age (years) (n = 235)


< 20
42
17.9
20–30
78
33.2
30–40
62
25.9
40 or more
53
22.6
Mean age of respondent (Std)
30.0(10.76)

District (n = 238)


Mirpurkhas
137
57.3
Larkana
101
42.3
Area (n = 239)


Urban
55
23
Rural
184
77
Facility by owner (n = 239)


Public
39
16.3
Private
200
83.7
Facility by major provider (n = 238)


Public physician
29
12.1
GP
128
53.8
Non MBBS
81
33.9
Respondent type (n = 239)


MBBS Prescriber
42
17.6
Non-MBBS prescriber
22
9.2
Dispenser
166
69.5
Housekeeper
9
3.8
Professional Qualification


MBBS
42
17.6
Nursing Diploma
20
8.4
B-Pharmacy
56
23.4
Dispenser/lab technician diploma
12
5.0
Homaopathy
30
12.6
No professional education
79
33.1
Years of work experience


1 st (0–3)
60
25.1
2 nd (4–7)
60
25.1
3 rd (8–14)
66
27.6
4 (> 14)
53
22.18
Mean years of work experience
9.55
7.6

Janjua et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2007 7:81   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-7-81