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Number of injuries and tears by occupation, task, and type of sharp item at three intervention and three control hospitals in Canada, 2004–2006
aMissing data resulted in numbers not summing to the total number of surgeries with injuries and tears; because of excessive missing data, contaminations are not included in the table.