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. 2021 Apr 20;18(8):4371. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18084371

Table 1.

Number of injuries and injury rates (per 100 FTE) and 95% CI per year, among nurses and nurse assistants in the observed period, by: (a) injury type; and (b) job category, percutaneous injuries only.

Panel A Percutaneous Injuries Mucocutaneous Injuries
N events FTE/year Rate 95% CI N events FTE/year Rate 95% CI
2007 76 1166.3 6.5 5.1 8.0 22 1166.3 1.9 1.1 2.7
2008 74 1206.9 6.1 4.7 7.5 25 1206.9 2.1 1.3 2.9
2009 72 1229.1 5.9 4.5 7.2 29 1229.1 2.4 1.5 3.2
2010 60 1240.8 4.8 3.6 6.1 26 1240.8 2.1 1.3 2.9
2011 43 1255.8 3.4 2.4 4.4 19 1255.8 1.5 0.8 2.2
2012 34 1245.3 2.7 1.8 3.6 28 1245.3 2.2 1.4 3.1
2013 46 1190.5 3.9 2.7 5.0 14 1190.5 1.2 0.6 1.8
2014 48 1230.3 3.9 2.8 5.0 27 1230.3 2.2 1.4 3.0
2015 41 1240.1 3.3 2.3 4.3 20 1240.1 1.6 0.9 2.3
2016 41 1234.5 3.3 2.3 4.3 14 1234.5 1.1 0.5 1.7
Panel B Nurses Nurse Assistants
N events FTE/year Rate 95% CI N events FTE/year Rate 95% CI
2007 63 831.3 7.6 5.7 9.4 13 335.0 3.9 1.8 6.0
2008 65 855.3 7.6 5.8 9.4 9 351.5 2.6 0.9 4.2
2009 56 886.9 6.3 4.7 8.0 16 342.2 4.7 2.4 7.0
2010 48 896.1 5.4 3.8 6.9 12 344.8 3.5 1.5 5.4
2011 31 896.6 3.5 2.2 4.7 12 359.3 3.3 1.5 5.2
2012 23 895.7 2.6 1.5 3.6 11 349.6 3.1 1.3 5.0
2013 44 858.0 5.1 3.6 6.6 2 332.5 0.6 0.0 1.4
2014 42 892.3 4.7 3.3 6.1 6 338.0 1.8 0.4 3.2
2015 36 902.1 4.0 2.7 5.3 5 338.0 1.5 0.2 2.8
2016 36 898.8 4.0 2.7 5.3 5 335.7 1.5 0.2 2.8

FTE: Full-Time Equivalent, computed considering 36 h/week and from the total amount of working hours during the year 2016.