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Table 2 Administration of pre-exposure antiviral prophylaxis by occupational risk category comparing different risk assessment approaches used in incident I and incident II.

From: Limiting worker exposure to highly pathogenic avian influenza a (H5N1): a repeat survey at a rendering plant processing infected poultry carcasses in the UK

Occupational risk group

Total worker population

At risk population in receipt of intervention

Absolute difference

 

N

Incident I

Incident II

P2 - P1

  

n

% (P1)

n

% (P2)

 

A (high risk)

37

17

46

15

41

-5

B (medium risk)

17

12

71

9

53

-18

C (low risk)

35

18

51

24

69

17

D (negligible risk)

68

25

37

7

10

-26

TOTAL

157

72

46

55

35

-11