According to an article in the August 8th issue of the American Journal of Infection Control that was conducted by the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research and the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of California in Davis, CA, white female nurses between ages 35-44 are the most frequent demographic and occupational category for a needlestick.
The study examined Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data on needlestick injuries requiring one or more days of lost work time from 1992 to 2003.Women comprised 73.3% of persons injured by needlesticks in the BLS data.
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