Table 5.

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

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

* Students, CSSD, kitchen, laundry and security staff