Michelle is a nurse in a hospital. While preparing to administer a vaccine to a patient, she inadvertently sticks herself with the needle. This is an example of what?

Michelle’s needlestick injury was unintended and happened while she was doing her work, so it is an accident. A safety precaution is a measure taken to prevent harm, not the injury itself. The correct choice is “an accident.”

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