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Hazardous needle practices among the participants (N = 162).
| Unsafe practices | Doctors (N = 109) n (%) |
Nurses (N = 53) n (%) |
Total (N = 162) n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recapping needles after use | 79 (72.4) | 17 (32.1) | 96 (59.3) |
| Bending or breaking needles by hand after use | 14 (12.8) | 8 (15.1) | 22 (13.6) |
| Manual removal of needles from syringes | 26 (23.9) | 23 (43.4) | 49 (30.2) |
| Improper disposal of the used needles | 25 (22.9) | 4 (7.5) | 29 (17.9) |
