Methods – Study Design, Sample Size and Sampling Method Sample Clauses

Methods – Study Design, Sample Size and Sampling Method. A KAP survey (Appendix 1) was used to collect data about safe laboratory practices. The questionnaire was divided into five sections with the first section comprised of socio- demographic information and consisted of seven questions; the second section assessed knowledge about organic solvents and consisted of sixteen questions, the third and fourth sections consecutively assessed attitude and safe practices and consisted of seven and eight questions, whereas the fifth section dealt solely with general laboratory safety. The survey was sent to 120 laboratory employees and 46 of them responded to a structured questionnaire of 44 questions. The survey was conducted using the internet survey tool, Survey Monkey (xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx). Information sought included socio-demographic characteristics such as age, gender, educational level, duration of employment, the employee’s role in the laboratory, and background on the use of these organic chemicals as part of routine laboratory work. All responses from the survey were exported from Survey Monkey and collected into condensed and expanded spreadsheet versions, then analyzed. The survey data were then cross-tabulated, showing side by side comparisons of demographic variables of each respondent and the association between knowledge, attitude and practices towards laboratory organic solvents (Appendix 4).