| Table 1: Rate of needle-stick injuries per 100 daily occupied beds in MOH hospitals of Saudi Arabia in 2012 and US teaching and non-teaching hospitals using EPINet™ in 2011 | |||
| Parameter | Saudi MOH hospitals | US teaching hospitals | US non-teaching hospitals |
| Number of participating hospitals | 52 | 9 | 23 |
| Average daily census | 12402 | 2542 | 1096 |
| Number of needle-stick injuries | 397 | 527 | 181 |
| Rate of needle-stick injuries per 100 occupied hospital beds | 3.2 | 20.7 | 16.5 |
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