Regarding awareness about Universal work precautions, Table 2 shows that 20.8% (n=32) of the
participants had heard of it and only 37.5% (n=12) of these could define and state it’s objectives 53.23% (n=82) of the participants had had injury (cuts or punctures) from needles, surgical blades, sharp instruments or devices. The current study shows that only 28.78% of the victims make use of first aid after injury. All the participants wear gloves during
laboratory works but 81.2% wear a single pair. Of these, 59.7% had experienced torn gloves and claimed that they are changed as soon as they are noticed.