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Table 1 Needlestick injury numbers and percentage within respondent categories (n = 676)

From: Occupational injury history and universal precautions awareness: a survey in Kabul hospital staff

Variables

Injury

n/N (%)

Hospital

 

Hospital A

104/130 [80]

Hospital B

130/178 [73]

Hospital C

82/110 (74.5)

Hospital D

120/183 (65.6)

Hospital E

55/75 (73.3)

TOTAL

491

Occupation

 

Gynaecologist/Obstetrician

49/51 (96.1)

Surgeon

102/111 (91.9)

Nurse

150/187 (80.2)

Dentist

52/69 (75.4)

Midwife

62/100 (62.0)

Technician

19/38 (50.0)

Internist/paediatrician

57/120 (47.5)

Gender

 

Female

194/254(76.4)

Male

297/422(70.4)

Age

 

20-29

118/160 (73.8)

30-39

239/328 (72.9)

40-49

114/150 [76]

50-59

19/36 (52.8)

60 and over

1/2 [50]

Vaccine hepatitis B

 

Not vaccinated

137/180 (76.1)

Vaccinated

354/496 (72.4)