Table 5.
Operations that caused sharp injuries among HCWs in Shandong Province in October 2019.
| Operation | Number of sharp injuries | Proportion (%) | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2019 | October 2012 | October 2019 | October 2012 | ||
| Recapping injector needle with two hands | 90 | 467 | 16.39 | 10.32 | <0.05 |
| Drug administration | 82 | 508 | 14.94 | 11.22 | <0.05 |
| Drawing blood | 51 | 173 | 9.29 | 3.82 | <0.05 |
| Surgical suture | 49 | 397 | 8.93 | 8.77 | >0.05 |
| Withdrawing needles | 36 | 371 | 6.56 | 8.20 | >0.05 |
| Tidying up surgical instruments | 35 | 155 | 6.38 | 3.42 | <0.05 |
| Putting needles into the sharp box | 29 | 317 | 5.28 | 7.00 | >0.05 |
| Preparation for infusion | 27 | 278 | 4.92 | 6.14 | >0.05 |
| Intravenous injection | 25 | 229 | 4.55 | 5.06 | >0.05 |
| Handling trash | 24 | 346 | 4.37 | 7.64 | <0.05 |
| Needle or instrument delivery | 19 | 113 | 3.46 | 2.50 | >0.05 |
| Contusion during rescue | 14 | 124 | 2.55 | 2.74 | >0.05 |
| Intramuscular injection | 13 | 113 | 2.37 | 2.50 | >0.05 |
| Draw arterial blood | 9 | 72 | 1.64 | 1.59 | >0.05 |
| Surgical knife cuts | 6 | 122 | 1.09 | 2.70 | <0.05 |
| Other | 40 | 741 | 7.29 | 16.37 | <0.05 |
| Total | 549 | 4526 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
P <0.05: statistically significant.