Table 3.

Activation of safety mechanism of safety-engineered device (SED), January 2014–June 2016, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

Variable	IInjuries involving a SED (N = 97)
	n	%
Time of injury with regard to activation of safety mechanism
before activation	51	53
during activation	13	13
after activation	12	12
safety mechanism constantly active (i.e. blood culture adapter)	2	2
could not be assessed	19	20
Activation status of safety mechanism at the time of injury
not activated	57	59
incompletely activated	18	19
fully activated	1	1
safety mechanism constantly active (i.e. blood culture adapter)	2	2
could not be assessed	19	20