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Sharp Object Injuries Among Health Care Workers in a Chinese Province by Liang Chen, MPH, Min Zhang, PhD, YanSheng Yan, PhD, JianYing Miao, BA, He Lin, BA, YanQing Zhang, BA, HuangQiang Wang, PhD, XieYi Du, BA, and Tao Li, PhD _RESEARCH ABSTRACT_ Health care workers in nine liospitals in Fujian were surveyed between December 2005 and February 2006 regarding tlie occurrence of sliarp object injuries (SOIs). Survey results indicated that 71.3% of the health care workers had sustained SOIs during the past year. The rates of SOIs among surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists,