Table 1.

Reasons for not reporting needle-stick injuries

Reason for not reporting	Doctors	Nurses
Very low risk of transmission at the time	70.8%	39.3%
I could not spare the time	22.9%	17.8%
I could not be bothered	18.7%	3.6%
Low incidence of HIV/Hep B/Hep C in my patient group	18.7%	7.1%
Did not know I had to	8.3%	7.1%
Did not know how to	8.3%	7.1%
Afraid positive result would affect my career	6.2%	-
Other	16.7%	17.8%