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. 2024 Oct 21;16(10):e72077. doi: 10.7759/cureus.72077

Table 2. Number of events per HCW category in the last year.

HCW: healthcare worker; NSI: needle stick injury

HCW category Number of NSI events/year, presented as n (%)
1 2 3
Biomedical waste collectors and lab technician 11 (22.4) 4 (8.2) 1 (2.0)
Nurses 22 (29.3) 4 (5.3) 0
Interns 4 (23.5) 1 (5.9) 1 (5.9)
Doctors 9 (13) 7 (10.1) 1 (1.4)