Risk of potential exposure incident in non-healthcare workers in contact with infectious and municipal waste

Five-day production of components of sharps in infectious waste in family and dental practices in Health Centre Osijek_

	The proportion of sharps in infectious waste/5 days (%)	TOTAL infectious waste/ 5 days (%)
FP-1	30 (4)	815 (100)
FP-5	94 (20)	478 (100)
FP-9	29 (5)	548 (100)
FP-12	55 (10)	531 (100)
FP-13	0	626 (100)
DP-3	11 (1)	1864 (100)
DP-4	29 (2)	1387 (100)
DP-8	0	2252 (100)
DP-10	19 (1)	2141 (100)
DP-11	0	3111 (100)

The amount and frequency of infectious waste in municipal waste over five days in family and dental practices in Health Centre Osijek_

	Infectious waste in municipal waste (g)
						Number of risky bags	Total number of risky bags
	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	MW	MW	P Fisher’s exact test
FP-1	10	0	7	6	17	4
FP-5	0	21	13	0	0	2
FP-9	0	0	0	0	3	1	11
FP-12	17	15	13	0	16	4
FP-13	0	0	0	0	0	0
								0.714
DP-3	100	7	15	18	9	5
DP-4	58	44	63	53	79	5
DP-8	25	6	62	79	0	4	19
DP-10	0	25	30	34	0	3
DP-11	20	55	0	0	0	2

The type and frequency of sharps in infectious waste over five days in family and dental practices in Health Centre Osijek_

	Number of needles/ ampoules in infectious waste
						Number of risky bags IW	Total number of risky bags IW
	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5			P Fisher’s exact test
FP-1	0/5	1/3	0/1	0/6	0/3	5
FP-5	0/1	0/2	0/8	0/5	0/1	5
FP-9	0/1	0/1	0/2	0/5	0/2	5	16
FP-12	0	0	0	0/1	0	1
FP-13	0	0	0	0	0	0
								0.143
DP-3	2/0	3/0	1/0	1/0	0	4
DP-4	1/0	1/1	0	2/1	4/2	4
DP-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
DP-10	1/2	1/0	0/1	0/1	0	4
DP-11	0	0	0	0	0	0

The method of selection of FP and DP for waste analysis in Health Centre Osijek_

Health centre Osijek	Categories of practices according to the annual number of patient visits in 2015	Number of practices within a category	Number of selected practices from a particular category (%)
FP	≤12000	12	2 (16.6)
	12001-15000	12	2 (16.6)
	>15000	7	1 (14,2)
DP	≤2000	8	2 (25)
	2001-2500	8	2 (25)
	>2500	6	1 (16.6)

The average five-day production of sharps in infectious waste in family and dental practices in Health Centre Osijek_

	The median (interquartile range)
	Family practice	Dental practice	P Mann Whitney U test
The proportion of sharps in infectious waste/ 5 days (g)	30 (14.5-74.5)	11 (1-18)	0.090
Total infectious waste/ 5 days (g)	548 (505-721)	2141 (1626-2682)	0.009

The average five-day production of infectious waste in municipal waste in family and dental practices in Health Centre Osijek_

	The median (interquartile range)
	Family practice	Dental practice	P Mann Whitney U test
The proportion of infectious in municipal waste/ 5 days (g)	34 (2-51)	149 (82-303)	0.009
Total municipal waste/ 5 days (g)	1030 (833-1645)	1374 (1047-2279)	0.602

Five-day production of components of infectious waste in municipal waste in family and dental practices in Health Centre Osijek_

	The proportion of infectious in municipal waste/ 5 days (%)	TOTAL municipal waste/ 5 days (%)
FP-1	40 (2)	1652 (100)
FP-5	34 (4)	767 (100)
FP-9	3 (0)	1030 (100)
FP-12	61 (4)	1637 (100)
FP-13	0	898 (100)
DP-3	149 (18)	841 (100)
DP-4	297 (10)	2951 (100)
DP-8	308 (25)	1252 (100)
DP-10	89 (6)	1374 (100)
DP-11	75 (5)	1607 (100)