Investigation and Analysis of Biosafety Awareness Among Hospital Laboratory Staff in Seven Provinces of China

Abstract Background: To understand the biosafety awareness of hospital laboratory staff in seven provinces of China, and to provide a basis for medical staff to carry out laboratory biosafety education. Methods: By using a stratified random sampling method, 188 laboratory staff from 41 hospitals in seven provinces were selected for a face-to-face questionnaire survey. In this survey, the biosafety awareness of the respondents was scored, and the biosafety awareness among hospital laboratory staff were evaluated based on the score. Results: The overall average score of laboratory staff in the surveyed hospitals was 81.64 points, and the average score of the biosafety awareness in the laboratory was 95.57 points, while the average score of biosafety awareness in risk assessment and control was only 44.68 points. Among the respondents, 57.22% of the staff identified a lack of special funds relating to biosafety activities. Conclusion: Biosafety awareness of laboratory staff is low, with laboratory funding, education level and years of laboratory work affecting the biosafety awareness of hospital laboratory staff. Biosafety training needs to be improved by paying attention to the biosafety training content, plus adding training effect evaluation and feedback loops, as well as exploring new training modes and increasing the support through special hospital biosafety funds.