- Reasons for injury of participants.
| Reasons | n | % |
|---|---|---|
| Sharps penetrating injury | ||
| Injury with a needle thrown into a garbage bag | 23 | 23.0 |
| Injury from a needle left exposed during cleaning | 16 | 16.0 |
| Injury when capping the needle | 10 | 10.0 |
| Injury while connecting IV line/IV cannula to the patient | 7 | 7.0 |
| Injury when throwing a needle into the sharps boxes | 7 | 7.0 |
| Injury while checking blood sugar | 6 | 6.0 |
| Injury with surgical suture needle in the operating room | 5 | 5.0 |
| Injury while taking blood from the patient | 4 | 4.0 |
| Injury with scalpel | 4 | 4.0 |
| Injury while injecting | 3 | 3.0 |
| By accident while in my colleague’s hands | 1 | 1.0 |
| Other* | 9 | 9.0 |
| Mucosal exposure | ||
| The nose, eyes, oral mucosa exposure with blood or body fluids | 5 | 5.0 |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
↵* glass incision (2), injury by the sharp edge of the device probe (1), ingrown nail (3), hand cut by the examination table (1), wire sinking (1), sinking of the cutter during load lowering (1)