Table 5 |
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Needle stick injuries among various categories of health care workers from 2002–2007 |
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Years |
Doctors |
Nurses |
Domestic |
Phlebotomists |
Technicians |
Midwives |
Others* |
# of NSI |
|
|
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|
2002 |
51 |
59 |
26 |
14 |
28 |
6 |
24 |
208 |
|
|
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|
2003 |
86 |
43 |
22 |
20 |
29 |
3 |
43 |
246 |
|
|
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|
2004 |
71 |
44 |
39 |
36 |
15 |
3 |
47 |
255 |
|
|
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|
2005 |
74 |
57 |
39 |
23 |
27 |
2 |
56 |
278 |
|
|
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|
2006 |
51 |
50 |
23 |
17 |
16 |
2 |
42 |
201 |
|
|
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|
2007 |
61 |
30 |
18 |
11 |
42 |
4 |
28 |
194 |
|
|
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|
Total |
394 |
283 |
167 |
121 |
157 |
20 |
240 |
1382 |
|
|
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|
% |
28.5 |
20.4 |
12 |
8.7 |
11.5 |
1.4 |
17.5 |
100 |
|
|
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* Students, CSSD, kitchen, laundry and security staff |
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Zafar et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2009 9:78 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-9-78 |
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