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. 2022 Jul 4;10(7):1249. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10071249

Table 3.

Working environment conditions.

Variable Frequency (%)
Work Shift
Morning 209 (62.3%)
Evening 74 (22.1%)
Night 29 (8.7%)
All 23 (6.9%)
Where did the injury occur;
Patient room 111 (33.1%)
Nurses station 40 (11.8%)
Emergency Department 32 (9.6%)
ICU 31 (9.2%)
Blood Sampling 28 (8.4%)
Surgery 28 (8.4%)
Other 26 (7.8%)
Xray room 14 (4.2%)
Blood Bank 12 (3.6%)
Most of the places 9 (2.7%)
Recovery room 4 (1.2%)
The purpose was the SIs used
Artery line 5 (1.5%)
Central Venus line/IV catheter 11 (3.3%)
Unknown 13 (3.9%)
IM (Intra-muscular) inject 14 (4.2%)
>more than one answer 22 (6.6%)
Sc (Subcutaneous) injects 33 (9.9%)
Other 37 (11.0%)
Surgical Suture 41 (12.2%)
Blood Glucose 43 (12.8%)
Peripheral Venus line 49 (14.6%)
Blood sampling 67 (20.0%)
When did the injury occur;
While withdrawing SIs 2 (0.6%)
After use, while recapping 16 (4.8%)
>more than one answers 44 (13.1%)
During use of item 47 (14.1%)
Other 53 (15.8%)
Before use 55 (16.4%)
After use, while disassembling device or equipment 118 (35.2%)