Table 1. Characteristics of injured HCWs.

SD: standard deviation; BBF: blood or body fluids; HCWs: healthcare workers; ORI: occupation-related injury; n: number of HCWs

General characteristics	Values
Female gender, n (%)	660 (68.4%)
Age in years, mean ± SD	30.5 ± 8.2
Profession
Nurses, n (%)	457 (47.4%)
Housekeeping personnel, n (%)	310 (32.1%)
Physicians, n (%)	163 (16.9%)
Laboratory technicians, n (%)	35 (3.6%)
Worksites at the time of ORI
Ward, n (%)	359 (37.2%)
Intensive care unit, n (%)	183 (19%)
Emergency department, n (%)	143 (14.8%)
Operation room, n (%)	153 (15.9%)
Laboratory, n (%)	73 (7.6%)
Other locations in the hospital, n (%)	54 (5.6%)
Injury type
Needlestick, n (%)	757 (78.4%)
Sharp objects, n (%)	85 (8.8%)
Mucocutaneous BBF, n (%)	71 (7.4%)
Other, n (%)	52 (5.4%)
Procedure during injury
Treatment, n (%)	354 (36.7%)
Waste disposal, n (%)	322 (33.4%)
Recapping, n (%)	197 (20.4%)
Surgery, n (%)	92 (9.5%)
Age categories (years)
20-30, n (%)	576 (59.7%)
31-40, n (%)	274 (28.4%)
41-50, n (%)	89 (9.2%)
>50, n (%)	26 (2.7%)