Disease burden, influencing factors and trend-based surveillance of needlestick injuries among healthcare workers: a seven-year longitudinal study and intervention evaluation at a tertiary hospital.

Front Public Health · 2026 · PMC13294093 · PMID 42368945

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a positive trendp = 0.386not close (p > 0.1)

did not reach statistical significancep = 0.386not close (p > 0.1)

Interestingly, while hospital-wide clinical volume showed a positive trend with NSIs occurrences, it did not reach statistical significance as an independent predictor in the multivariable environment (IRR = 0.47, p = 0.386), suggesting that setting-specific factors and pandemic-related phase shifts were the primary drivers of risk fluctuations. 3.2.2.

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