Prevention of injuries from needles and other sharp instruments | Responses | ||||
Always | Most of the time | Sometimes | Rarely | Never | |
Recap used needles | 196 (68.8) | 34 (11.9) | 11 (3.9) | 7 (2.5) | 37 (13.0) |
Bend, break, remove or otherwise manipulate used needles by hand. | 151 (53.0) | 64 (22.5) | 23 (8.1) | 15 (5.3) | 32 (11.2) |
Reuse disposable syringe. | 11 (3.9) | 9 (3.2) | 11 (3.9) | 24 (8.4) | 230 (80.4) |
Always dispose syringes, needles, scalpel blades and other sharp items in appropriate puncture resistance container (red container). | 64 (22.5) | 69 (24.2) | 77 (27.0) | 30 (10.5) | 45 (15.8) |