Estimating the national cost burden of in-hospital needlestick injuries among healthcare workers in Japan

• Hiroyuki Kunishima ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation

  Current address: 2-16-1 Sugao Miyamaeku Kawasaki city, Kanagawa, Japan

  ¶‡ HK, JC, HM contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Marianna University, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Emiko Yoshida ,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  * E-mail: emiko.yoshida@healthcare2all.com

  Affiliation Healthcare to All Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7442-1615

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• Joe Caputo ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation

  ¶‡ HK, JC, HM contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Vista Health Pte. Ltd., Singapore, Singapore

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• Hiroshige Mikamo

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation

  Current address: 1–1 Yazakokarimata, Nagakute city, Aichi, Japan

  ¶‡ HK, JC, HM contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan

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