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Table 3 Students’ exposure history at health facilities and HBV testing status

From: Hepatitis B vaccination coverage and associated factors among medical students: a cross-sectional study in Bosaso, Somalia, 2021

Accidental needle injury

 

N = 247

 

Frequency

Percent

 Yes

75

30.4%

Accidental blood exposure

 

N = 247

 

Frequency

Percent

 Yes

86

34.8%

HBV testing status

 

N = 247

 

Frequency

Percent

 Yes

92

37.2%

HBV testing reason

 

N = 92

 

Frequency

Percent

 I was donating blood

20

21.7%

 I wanted to know my HBV status

60

65.2%

 Institutional requirement

6

6.5%

 I was giving birth

2

2.2%

 Other reason

4

4.3%