Table 3 Observation of health workers' use of devices for blood collection, transfer and deposition
Nigeria n = 78a | Philippines n = 75a | Uganda n = 74a | Combined n = 227a | |
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Number (%) observed "Yes" for any of the health worker's 3 transfers per device | ||||
≥ 1 failed attempt to collect blood | ||||
LOOP | 21/77 (27%) | 49/74 (66%) | 16 (22%) | 86/225 (38%) |
STRAW-PIPETTE | 43/77 (56%) | 32/73 (44%) | 22 (30%) | 97/224 (43%) |
GLASS CAPILLARY | 13/77 (17%) | 8/74 (11%) | 4 (5%) | 25/225 (11%) |
CALIBRATED PIPETTE | 54 (69%) | 23/74 (31%) | 14 (19%) | 91/226 (40%) |
INVERTED CUP | 3/75 (4%) | 14/72 (19%) | 1 (1%) | 18/221 (8%) |
Blood released unintentionally during transfer | ||||
LOOP | 0/76 | 1/73 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 2/223 (1%) |
STRAW-PIPETTE | 1/76 (1%) | 0/73 | 1 (1%) | 2/223 (1%) |
GLASS CAPILLARY | 2/76 (3%) | 1/73 (1%) | 0 | 3/223 (1%) |
CALIBRATED PIPETTE | 9 (12%) | 0/74 | 0 | 9/226 (4%) |
INVERTED CUP | 0/75 | 0/72 | 1 (1%) | 1/221 (0.5%) |
≥ 1 failed attempt to deposit blood | ||||
LOOP | 7/75 (9%) | 17/73 (23%) | 4 (5%) | 28/222 (13%) |
STRAW-PIPETTE | 24/77 (31%) | 12/73 (16%) | 11 (15%) | 47/224 (21%) |
GLASS CAPILLARYb | 78 (100%) | 35/73 (48%) | 23 (31%) | 136/225 (60%) |
CALIBRATED PIPETTE | 16/77 (21%) | 11/74 (15%) | 9/74 (12%) | 36/225 (16%) |
INVERTED CUP | 13/72 (18%) | 28/71 (39%) | 8 (11%) | 49/217 (23%) |
Health worker exposed to blood | ||||
LOOP | 12/77 (16%) | 1/72 (1%) | 0 | 13/223 (6%) |
STRAW-PIPETTE | 7/76 (9%) | 3/70 (4%) | 2/73 (3%) | 12/219 (5%) |
GLASS CAPILLARY | 3/73 (4%) | 5/72 (7%) | 1 (1%) | 9/219 (4%) |
CALIBRATED PIPETTE | 18/77 (23%) | 3/74 (4%) | 2 (3%) | 23/225 (10%) |
INVERTED CUP | 4/74 (5%) | 0/72 | 0 | 4/220 (2%) |