Table 1: Student injuries - instrument
and location of injury.
|
Instrument |
% (n) |
|
Needle |
23.5
(44) |
|
Bur |
16.0
(30) |
|
Scaler |
15.5
(29) |
|
Lab knife |
15.0
(28) |
|
Scapel |
9.1 (17) |
|
Sonics/Ultrasonics |
9.1
(17) |
|
Other |
11.8
(22) |
|
Location of Injury |
|
|
Finger |
45.5
(85) |
|
Thumb |
31.0
(58) |
|
Hand |
15.0
(28) |
|
Wrist |
3.7
(7) |
|
Other |
4.8
(9) |