Compliance with standard precautions and associated factors among undergraduate nursing students at governmental universities of Amhara region, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 2 Frequency distribution for personal and institutional factors of nursing students compliance with standard precautions at governmental universities located in Amhara region, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021 (n = 414)

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percentage(%)
Have you worked in a health care setting as a nurse before registering for this degree	Yes	179	43.2
	No	235	56.8
Have you ever exposed blood and other body splashes	Yes	149	36
Have you ever exposed blood and other body splashes	No	275	64
Have you ever exposed to needle stick injury in your clinical practice	Yes	104	25.1
	No	310	74.9
Knowledge	Good	134	32.4
Knowledge	Poor	280	67.6
Attitude	Positive	225	54.3
Attitude	Negative	189	45.7
Have you training or seminar on standard precautions in the last six months	Yes	192	46.4
	No	222	53.6
Workplace safety climate	Safe	80	19.3
	Unsafe	334	80.7
Practicum ward	Surgical	266	64.3
	Pediatrics	343	82.9
	Medical	222	53.6
	Emergency	255	61.6

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