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Table 1 Characteristics of all the staff and different TB-IPC measures in Beijing Chest Hospital in 2018

From: Nosocomial tuberculosis transmission from 2006 to 2018 in Beijing Chest Hospital, China

Variable

Mean or number (%) (n = 977)

Age

40

Sex

 Male

282 (28.9%)

Duration of working time

16 (1.6%)

Education

 Less than undergraduate

75 (7.7%)

 Undergraduate

675 (69.1%)

 Graduate and postgraduate

226 (23.1%)

Income

 Equal and under average

611 (62.5%)

 Above average

365 (37.4%)

Respirator

 No respirator

584 (60.1%)

 Gauze mask

177 (18.1%)

 Medical mask

0 (0%)

High-level N95 respirator

215 (22.0%)

Ultraviolet

 No ultraviolet

215 (22.0%)

 Ultraviolet only for bed

0 (0%)

 Air UVGI

761 (77.9%)

Ventilation

 Natural ventilation

733 (75.0%)

 Mechanical ventilation

243 (24.9%)