Table IV.

Reasons for not Reporting Sharps Injuries (n=16)

Reason	No	Yes	Total
I didn’t feel the patient and/or sharps injury was high risk	6	8	14
The reporting of sharps injuries takes too long	8	7	15
I was embarrassed that I had an injury	11	4	15
I didn’t want to disclose that I had the injury to my manager or peers	11	3	14
Nurse manager reprimands nurses who don’t use sharps devices correctly	13	1	14
I didn’t want to disclose that I didn’t use the safety devices	14	0	14

Note: Totals not equal to 16 because of missing responses.