Table 2.

Environmental and circumstances features of nurses exposed to NSSIs.

Variable (N)	Frequency; n (%)	Variable	Frequency; n (%)
Frequency of injury (144)		Procedures after injury (213)
1–5 times	82 (56.94)	Cleaning by cotton	101 (47.42)
6–10 times	34 (23.61)	Washing with soap and water	45 (21.13)
11–15 times	8 (5.56)	Squeezing injury	63 (29.57)
More than 15 times	20 (13.89)	Did not do anything	4 (1.88)
Site of injury (168)		Reaction after injury (151)
Fingers	133 (79.17)	Crying	12 (7.95)
Palms	33 (19.64)	Appealing for help	14 (9.27)
Others	2 (1.19)	Exiting from working area	16 (10.60)
		Continuing service providing	107 (70.86)
Sharp causes injury (188)		Others	2 (1.32)
Syringe	118 (62.77)
Suture	45 (23.94)	Reporting after injury (144)
Scalpel	20 (10.64)	Yes	38 (26.39)
Scissor	3 (1.59)	No	106 (73.61)
Others	2 (1.06)
		Getting intervention (38)
Circumstances of injury (351)		Yes	13 (34.21)
While re-capping and removing needle cover	131 (37.31)	No	25 (65.79)
During patient movement	22 (6.32)
During surgery and suturing	52 (14.81)	Getting vaccination (38)
During blood sampling	26 (7.40)	Yes	9 (23.68)
During cannulation and injections	59 (16.79)	No	29 (76.32)
During needle disposal	30 (8.54)
During drug preparation	31 (8.83)