TABLE 1.
Annual Numbers of Needlestick Injuries, Administered Vaccinations, and Immunizing Pharmacists
| Year | No. of needle- stick injuries |
No. of administered vaccinations |
Annual incidence per 100,000 vaccinations |
No. of immunizing pharmacists |
Annual incidence per 1,000 immunizing pharmacists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0 | 9,900 | 0 | 67 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 38,000 | 0 | 120 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 55,685 | 1.80 | 270 | 3.70 |
| 2003 | 1 | 156,000 | 0.64 | 400 | 2.50 |
| 2004 | 0 | 42,000 | 0 | 540 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 225,000 | 0 | 731 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 129,965 | 0 | 538 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 146,525 | 0 | 821 | 0 |
| 2008 | 2 | 232,050 | 0.86 | 1,043 | 1.92 |
| 2009 | 6 | 391,850 | 1.28a | 1,450 | 3.45a |
| 2010 | 14 | 358,800 | 3.62b | 2,300 | 5.65b |
| 2011c | 9 | 286,383 | 2.10d | 2,164 | 2.77d |
a
One injury was excluded from the 2009 incidence calculation because it was associated with a lancet needle.
b
One injury was excluded from the 2010 incidence calculation because it was associated with a lancet needle.
c
2011 data as of November 3, 2011.
d
Three injuries were excluded from the 2011 incidence calculation because they were associated with a lancet needle.