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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 280 HCWs/HCSs reporting occupational exposures and administered HIV post-exposure prophylaxis at an urban teaching hospital in Accra, Ghana, 2005–2010

From: Adverse events and adherence to HIV post-exposure prophylaxis: a cohort study at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana

 

3TC/AZT-3 days

3TC/AZT-28 days

3TC/AZT/LPV-RTV −28 days

 

N = 145

N = 82

N = 53

 

n, %1

n, %1

n, %1

Gender

   

  Male

46 (31.7)

41 (50.0)

25 (47.2)

  Female

99 (68.3)

41 (50.0)

28 (52.8)

Age category (yrs)

   

  18–30

119 (82.1)

49 (59.8)

37 (69.8)

  31–40

21 (14.5)

24 (29.3)

10 (18.9)

  41–50

3 (2.1)

5 (6.1)

5 (9.4)

  >50

2 (1.4)

4 (4.9)

1 (1.9)

Outcome of risk assessment of exposure

   

  Low

125 (86.2)

29 (35.4)

5 (9.4)

  Medium

20 (13.8)

39 (47.6)

4 (7.6)

  High

-

14 (17.1)

44 (83.0)

Profession

   

  Medical Doctors

40 (27.6)

27 (32.9)

22 (41.5)

  Nurses

64 (44.1)

26 (31.7)

19 (35.8)

  Laboratory Staff

4 (2.8)

8 (9.8)

5 (9.4)

  Ward Attendants

13 (9.0)

13 (15.9)

4 (7.5)

  Healthcare Students

24 (16.6)

8 (9.8)

3 (5.7)

Type of exposure

   

  Mucocutaneous

7 (4.8)

3 (3.7)

10 (18.9)

  Percutaneous

138 (95.2)

79 (96.3)

43 (81.1)

Year of exposure

   

  2005

26 (17.9)

14 (17.1)

12 (22.6)

  2006

30 (20.7)

10 (12.2)

4 (7.5)

  2007

23 (15.9)

15 (18.3)

10 (18.9)

  2008

24 (16.6)

16 (19.5)

6 (11.3)

  2009

27 (18.6)

15 (18.3)

15 (28.3)

  2010

15 (10.3)

12 (14.6)

6 (11.3)

Means of exposure

   

  Bloody cut

1 (0.7)

1 (1,2)

1 (1.9)

  Canula

4 (2.8)

2 (2.4)

16 (30.2)

  Dental instrument

1 (0.7)

-

-

  Needle stick

133 (91.7)

77 (93.9)

27 (50.9)

  Scalpel blade

-

1 (1.2)

2 (3.8)

  Scratching

1 (0.7)

-

-

  Knife cut

1 (0.7)

-

-

  Splash

2 (1.4)

1 (1.2)

7 (12.2)

  Unknown object

2 (1.4)

-

-

  1. 1% are column percentages within each super row; 3TC = lamivudine; AZT = zidovudine; LPV-RTV = lopinavir-ritonavir