Occupational Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids in a Department of Oral Sciences: Results of a Thirteen-Year Surveillance Study

Table 2

Incidence of accidents in the school of dentistry.

Authors	Study design	Incidence/10000 visits
Cleveland et al., 1995 [15]	Observational study (6 months)	12.5
Ramos-Gomez et al., 1997 [25]	Prospective study (5 years)	3.53
Kennedy and Hasler, 1999 [21]	Observational study (1 year)	4 (3rd-4th year students); 1.30 (staff)
Younai et al., 2001 [19]	Surveillance study (10 years)	3.59 (during 1994–1997)
Callan et al., 2006 [7]	Report (2 years)	5.24
Our paper [12]	Surveillance study (10 years)	5.15