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Table 5 Needle stick injuries among various categories of health care workers from 2002–2007

From: Impact of infection control activities on the rate of needle stick injuries at a tertiary care hospital of Pakistan over a period of six years: an observational study

Years

Doctors

Nurses

Domestic

Phlebotomists

Technicians

Midwives

Others*

# of NSI

2002

51

59

26

14

28

6

24

208

2003

86

43

22

20

29

3

43

246

2004

71

44

39

36

15

3

47

255

2005

74

57

39

23

27

2

56

278

2006

51

50

23

17

16

2

42

201

2007

61

30

18

11

42

4

28

194

Total

394

283

167

121

157

20

240

1382

%

28.5

20.4

12

8.7

11.5

1.4

17.5

100

  1. * Students, CSSD, kitchen, laundry and security staff